Luca Marini believes that Ducati is “destroying MotoGP” with its current dominance, but also Sling It has the potential to be the second best brand in the championship. In 2024, the Borgo Panigale house has won in all but one race (Austin, where it won Maverick Vinales), while HRC continues its downward trend, even struggling to enter the Top 10 with the difficult RC213V.
In recent months, progress has been made thanks to the new concession system and the positive test from Misano. Therefore, Some Golden Wing brand pilots felt better, and John Zarco He finished eighth in the long event at the last Thai Grand Prixthe best result of the season.
However, his achievements were overshadowed by those of yamahaWho Fabio Quartararo comes from giving one of the most productive weekends of the campaign in Malaysia. There, Marini witnessed the speed of the Desmosedici when Franco Morbidelli And Marc Marquez They managed to overtake him despite a fall when they rolled forward.
But the Italian has reason to believe that Honda, which occupies last place in the World Manufacturers' Championship, can get out of the current bad situation and emphasizes that the problems encountered by other manufacturers have opened the door to the Japanese.
“Franco and Marc have fallen,” he declared after the meeting with Sepang. “But every time a Ducati falls and starts moving again, you know it’s going to pass you again, because it’s so fast. When they arrive, we fight with everything and they pass you on the straight without problem. Right now they're on another planet“.
“We have to try to improve our level, but also find a way to get something out of it [cazarles]because They are completely destroying the championship, so we have to invent something. We will try, because now Yamaha has taken a good step forward. In Sepang they had a fantastic weekend. It is important that we hurry to get back to the front and improve our performance as quickly as possible, because this is now possible,” he continued.
“The other manufacturers are suffering, and if we are smart and intelligent, smarter than the others, we can be the second brand in the championship.if we make the right decisions for next year.”
Marini isn't the only rider who thinks Honda has what it takes to get back near the top of MotoGP. Aleix Espargarowho will strengthen the HRC European test team in 2025 after retiring as a full-time driver after the upcoming Barcelona Solidarity GP, believes that In the next two years, the Asian factory could achieve its first victory since Márquez's triumph at the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as he recently told 'As'.
