Bad day for the Mooney VR46 team rider, who crashed in the morning and crashed in the race
March 25, 2023
Luca Marini he is frowning after a bad Saturday in Portimao. The race ended almost immediately, he tried to overtake Bastianini (he went wide, there was room) but he crashed, also running over the red driver who crashed fractured scapula (here his conditions). These are Marini’s words in the Portuguese afternoon.
Saturday started badly…
“Today the day got off to a disastrous start, I crashed immediately this morning, you have to be more careful”
About the race…
“I’m sorry for Enea. I had a good start in the race. In the first lap I passed Vinales in the same way, then in the second lap Enea went wide, I tried to narrow the line, I leaned one more degree and it closed front. Then unfortunately my bike hit him, was that a shame, broken scapula? Shit, I’m sorry. I just tried to make my line. Looking at the telemetry I saw I leaned one more degree”
Was there room for overtaking?
“Yes, yes”
About tomorrow’s race…
“I prefer not to say too much, luckily there’s the warm up tomorrow, in the end I only did 5 laps today. I’m rested. At the moment I prefer not to say anything, many riders are going fast. It will be a very difficult race. I think physically no one is in difficulty to do so few laps, the important thing is to create the gaps in the most correct way possible”
