Marc Marquez away from Honda: it was a shock for Luca Marini

Luca Marini’s first words as a Honda driver

Luca Marini has released his first words as Honda’s new rider. The Pesaro-born centaur will take the place of Marc Marquez, who has chosen Ducati Gresini to relaunch himself. "&It was a shock after Marc announced his change,” he admitted. “So, me and my group, my manager, we tried to find a way to deal with this new project and improve together and try to build a better bike, more performance, to return to winning races and world titles. This è our goal, our target, so I’m sure there will also be very, very satisfying".

Valentino Rossi’s brother has no doubts about the Japanese team: "First of all, è the best in history. The numbers and statistics speak for themselves, and now è a very special moment, but I think we have the power to come back very, very soon. I will try è to give all my feedback, all my energy to this project and I am sure that if we find the right direction we will have the strength to stay at the top for many years".

So he unveiled the goals for 2024: "I want to start with an open mind, we have to understand our speed, our potential after the first official test and we have to find our balance, find a way to beat our direct opponents who are my teammates, with the same production, with the same bike – this è the first goal from my side, of course. But I also want to look ahead and try to find a way to get a podium with this bike or a win. I know that maybe it will beè difficult, but we have to look ahead".

"È it was unbelievable, passing very fast and the day was already over! But of course, we will have a lot of time during the winter, during the testing, during the season to talk to all the members of this team becauseé è full of people, è a dream to work with all these people and also with the Japanese. I have a'very good feeling, I like this culture and we can have a'very good synergy" Marini commented.