Three weeks after suffering an injury on a collarbone at the Indian GP, Luca Marini got his first MotoGP pole position this Saturday. At the Indonesian GP, the rider from Mooney VR46 Racing Team beaten Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) by 0.031s in the qualifying session.
In the interview with the official broadcast, the Italian reacted to the result: ‘It’s just amazing. But also in India… it is a period now that I’m feeling really comfortable with the bike, and so strong, so fast. But there is always a problem, like yesterday in the second practice. But yesterday’s evening we understood the problems, we fixed it and this morning the bike was very good. I had a very good feeling with the tyres and it was a pleasure to ride here in this beautiful track. So I’m really satisfied about the job that we’ve done in these two days’.
After the dominance in the qualifying, Marini addmited he expects to have a harder task in the races: ‘I think that for the sprint and for the race on Sunday it will be really though. I expect Aprilia stronger than us, because with these long corners there are a lot of grip and their bike works really well in this track. But I will try to do my best, my 100%, and let’s see what we can achieve’.