The path for Luca Marini aboard a Honda RC213V isn’t being an easy one, as the rider was already expecting, and one of the aspects in that these difficulties are clear is on the qualifying, with both bikes to work differently.
Speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Marini recalled one big disparity: ‘There were many differences between the Ducati and the Honda. With the Ducati it was easier to set times. When it’s time to put new tyres on, you just brake ten meters earlier and you set the time. It doesn’t work with Honda’.
The way the Desmosedici works gives the rider a sense on confidence, and certainty, which isn’t the case with his current bike: ‘On the Ducati you have certainties, the bike lets you know what to do to cut half a second. With the Honda you have to find the time in a different way, and the first few races I had problems’.
