Luca Marini finished Saturday’s race in 12th position. The Italian driver picked up 4 points for the championship after failing to score in the Indonesian GP.

This Sunday, the Mooney VR46 Racing Team driver revealed in a debrief his opinion on the decision made by the race directors to cancel the Australian GP Sprint race.

– ‘I think it’s always difficult to make these decisions. Sometimes it’s better to stay on the side of safety, if you look at the trees, the flags and the wind now it’s crazy. All the drivers know that it’s very risky to brake in the first corner in these conditions because you reach 340 km/h and braking is very complicated, the wind pushes you off the track, it was the best decision. In the morning we were still able to drive, I don’t know if the spray from the other drivers was critical because I was alone at the Warm-up, but the problem for me was the temperature in the front tire, it was very low and we had no grip at all, it just got worse with every lap I did.

Asked if the aerodynamics made it more dangerous to ride in the wind, Marini replied: “I don’t know, for me it’s always dangerous and difficult to ride in these conditions. When I was in Moto2 we did the practice session and it was crazy. They canceled the MotoGP session and we didn’t have aerodynamic wings in Moto2 and it was still very dangerous, it was impossible to ride. I don’t think it’s an aerodynamic issue, if it’s not safe to ride we shouldn’t do it, if there are no conditions we should stay safe.

O conteúdo ‘I don’t think it’s an aerodynamic issue, if it’s not safe to ride we shouldn’t do it’ – Luca Marini aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Marc Márquez finished Saturday’s race in 15th position. The Spanish rider has been struggling since Friday. After two crashes in the first two practice sessions of the first day of the Australian GP, Marc was never able to go as fast as he wanted on his Honda RC213V and finished Saturday with just one point.

The Repsol Honda Team rider spoke about the race and his tire choices.

– ‘ Last year it was a gamble with the tires and this year too. That gamble got me a podium last year, but today wasn’t our day, especially because at the start when I saw Martín with the soft tire on the rear pushing so hard the race became very fast and when you’re riding at that pace it’s impossible to manage the tires. I was lapping in the low 1.29”s and I thought to myself whether or not to push harder, but if I pushed harder I’d be dead, I just didn’t know when. On lap 10 I still managed to save the race and I didn’t crash, it was my choice of tires and it’s totally my fault, but we were calculating and I should have finished 10th or 9th with the medium, not much better than that”.

Asked about Jorge Martín’s choice of the soft tire today and his compatriot’s chances of winning the MotoGP world championship, Marc replied: ‘ For me Jorge had that extra speed today. Of course it was a mistake for him to choose the soft, but on the track he was the fastest and he’ll only learn more from this. With the medium he was also the fastest, so when he chose the soft tire it was a surprise. Riders like me, Pol, we have to gamble, last year it worked this year it didn’t, but Jorge was the fastest today and he’s the fastest without a doubt. He’s still my choice to win the championship, there are still four races to go, plus the Sprint races, so he still has a chance. Jorge is driving very well’.

O conteúdo ‘If I pushed any harder I’d be dead, I just didn’t know when’ – Marc Márquez aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.