Luca Marini to Honda: brother Valentino Rossi’s reaction

Luca Marini to Honda: brother Valentino Rossi’s reaction

Luca Marini after the race in Malaysia closed in tenth place practically announced his landing in Honda: "Not è a simple choice. Relaunching Honda would be incredible, a great goal, a dream, but it è not easy". 

"Going to ride Marc Marquez’s bike? I had never put it in that respect, when you go to a team you never think about who è belonged to that bike", he told Sky. 

Alessio 'Uccio' Salucci revealed to Speedweek the reaction of Valentino Rossi: "He's very happy. Because é HRC è one of the best companies in the world. Honda è number 1 in motorcycles. Valentino has supported Luca Marini since ’age è ten years. From that day è the dream of bringing Luca to an official MotoGP team was born. This è has been our goal for 15 years".

In the meantime, Valentino on his Instagram profile posted a photo of his time in Honda, in the company of his historical assistant Riccardo Montanari: a form of tacit consent of the Doctor.