The best time of the MotoGP test day in Misano was achieved by Luca Marini. The Mooney VR46 Racing Team rider led both the morning and afternoon sessions, being one of the two who managed to lap in the 1m30s.
The Italian was pleased with the work done: ‘The test was positive. But the feeling with the bike was also good during the GP. It’s just that when you can ride alone, it’s easier. We didn’t test anything big. We tried something in the bike’s geometry, suspension, different dampers. We understood something – there was definitely something positive. My head mechanic and the Ducati engineers studied the last races and tried to give me a different setup to try here and it was positive‘.
Despite feeling that progress was made, Marini pointed out that the conditions are very unique in a test like this: ‘When I returned to my GP bike, I wasn’t able to do lap times as good as before. So, it seems that we found something good, but we need to understand if it’s also good on a track where there’s no grip. Because the Monday test is a completely different situation that will never happen in a normal GP. So, you’re trying something in an unbelievable condition. It’s so fun… I really enjoy riding in this condition because it feels like the limit… you can’t fall in this condition, you just attack. So, now we’ll see‘.
Marini also said: ‘We have a lot of data to analyze to understand which compromise is better. We tried very different setups during the day and the lap time was more or less always positive. We’ll see in India if we found something good‘.
