Luca Marini says he accepts the three-place grid penalty imposed at Sunday’s MotoGP Italian Grand Prix, regardless of initially being stunned by the choice.
Marini shall be dropped from sixteenth to nineteenth on the grid as a consequence of his “sluggish on-line run” and “interfering” with Franco Morbidelli and Jorge Martin in remaining apply.
The incident occurred as Marini entered the pit lane from the observe, inflicting the pair behind him to take evasive motion.
Martin additionally raised his hand to warn the riders behind him.
Luca Marini, 2026 Italian MotoGP.
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“I talked to Simon (Crafahr) loads and I used to be actually stunned, however he defined to me that so long as I may sign with my foot to enter the pits, I’d be positive,” Marini mentioned.
“Even when I sign with my ft, I nonetheless suppose Frankie can’t see my ft as a result of the nook is on the left.
“Nevertheless it’s okay, I am going to settle for it.”
Even with out the penalty, Marini confronted an much more troublesome comeback as his qualifying struggles continued, leaving him sixteenth.
Luca Marini gave the impression to be taking his foot off his ft earlier than getting into the pit lane.
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“We at all times had the identical drawback in qualifying this 12 months,” Marini mentioned after sprinting again to thirteenth place.
“Every little thing is shifting, shifting, shifting, shifting, so you possibly can’t push it. Traction is lower off loads each time. There is not any acceleration.”
“So, okay, now I’m coaching myself loads about begins, good comebacks, good overtaking!
“I am having fun with the race. Tomorrow I am going to begin additional again and attempt to get a good higher end result.”
Rookie Diogo Moreira completed tenth as Honda’s prime rider.
