Third row start in 8th for Marini, Bastianini 16th on grid for #PortugueseGP

Today Luca Marini becomes the best rookie of MotoGP. With a time of 1’39,600 on the FP3 he pass directly to the Q2, finishing eighth with an impressive time of 1’39.386 . Marini will be on the third row of the grid in GP 888 of Portugal . Enea Bastiani doesn’t feel a 100% confident on this track, complicating his adaptation to the bike. Enea has achieved a time of 1’39,855 placing in 16th position.

LUCA MARINI:

“I am really very happy with this top 8 place in Q2 and satisfied with the work I am doing with the Team. I am more comfortable on the bike and we have made a great step forward that we will take from here are to the next races. In the FP4 I kept a good pace, we are close to the fastest guys. It´s a pity the crash but we will continue to work to make the most of the warm up.”

ENEA BASTIANINI:

“Today we improved with respect to yesterday, obviously it has not been enough to move on to Q2. I’m not 100% on this track, we could have improved but was not possible. For me, it is difficult managing the braking. For tomorrow we’ll analyse the data and try to make a step forward on the warm up. We have made small modifications that I hope will go well.”