Luca Marini’s expert breakdown on Honda’s newfound strength and ongoing weakness
Luca Marini details Honda's highs and lows

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini was thrilled to see a fellow Honda in the top 10 on Friday in Thailand, buᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt isn’t getting carried away.
Johann Zarco was 10th-fastest in practice for the Thailand MotoGP, anothe♛r small step in the right direction for the slowly improving Honda.
Factor꧃y Honda rider Marini settled for 17th but offered a detailed analysis of how the package i🧸s being tweaked.
“Here, we tried a different compromise with the setting,” Mar🦋ini sai👍d.
“We tried to find a direction for next year with the𝕴 weight distribution. We tried to load the rear more. We tried to make the rear tyrཧe work in a better way.
“Because, at the ꦬmom𝄹ent, it is the thing that’s missing the most.
“In the first 🍬lap I warm the tyre, but it drops during the race. We are strange compared to ♊Aprilia, KTM and Ducati. We are different.
“We want to understand and improve this.
“There are positives. It is better for braking, for stopping the bike,𒉰 maybe on the grip but I need to work more on the settings and balance.
“On my side? I can improve more on the riding because I’ve done all year [in one way] but now we’ve gone beyond. As a ride𒐪r, I can do better.”
Marini said about Zarco finishing Friday 10th-fastest: “He made an amazing lap but he w൩as on the limit. He risked at every corner, and was in the slipstream.
“We need to improve the performance of the bike be🎉cause, for one lap, you can do it.
“But in a race? Impossible.
“It’s a good sign to confir𒀰m what we’ve made a step.”
Marini believes he has addressed💮 one area where the Honda traditionally struggled.
“For me, in the fast corne♏rs, we gain a lot,” he said.
“Maybe because I’m a rider that 𝓀likes fast corners.
“Also, with the fairing we made a huge step.
“At Misano, I was one of the fastest. They said ‘Honda struggle through the years,🍌 every time’ but﷽ this was the first time we were good there.
“But we’ve loꦗst in stop-and-go. Now the bike doesn’t stop, especially with the rear tyre.
“In hard braking, we are not performing well enough to be compet🧔itive with the other bikes.”
A different exh🌳aust is available for Marini at Buriram🧸 but he won’t get too excited.
“🦩I ♏already tried it many times, this exhaust,” he said.
“In my opinion, the standard one is better.
“This exhaust was made to solve a situation. We have to♋ analyse the bike to see which exhaust to use tomorrow.
“But whenever I’ve tried it, I prefe⛦r the standard one.”

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