Qatar MotoGP: Luca Marini: “After four laps the rear tyre was finished, really worried about tomorrow”
The polesitter made a great start to the race 🍃and led during the early stages before coming under attack from Alex Mar🙈quez.
Marini held off Marquez’s challenge on two occas💖ions but had no answer for eventual race winner Jorge Martin.
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Marini lost first place on lap five, before succumbing to the pressure of Fabio Di Giannantonio on the 𝄹same lap.
Although Marini called it a ‘fantastic Saturday’ after claiming pole with a new circuit record and a podium, the Italian is concerned for th🎉e main race.
Speaking to MotoGP.com, Marini said: “Fantastic Saturday. The💎 weekend is not finished so we need to find something for tomorrow because today the race was really difficult for me.
“After four laps I finished the rear tyre. It was really difficult to arriꦍve at the end of this sprint race. I am really worried about tomorrow.
“But we will see and tr𝐆y to understand what happened to find a solution because in practice this never happe𒀰ned.
“Usually the harder rear ma🐟kes an improvement lap-by-lap but today was the complete opposite.
“Also, the front tyre was a question ma🐻rk. I felt good with the soft but 🍨everyone else is using the hard.”
With tyre wear clearly a problem for the Italian, making sure he finds a breakthrough in order to sustain a bigger challenge to the lik🍬es of Martin is his main aim between now and tomorrow’s night’s Grand Prix.
“At the beginning of this sprint race I was quite strong,” added Marini. “But as soon as I started stru🔜ggling with the rear tyre my pace was finished. Tyre management will be the key of the race tomorrow.”
