Exclusive Interview with Luca Marini

Italian rider Luca Marini is probably better known as the younger half brother of MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi. He debuted in Moto3 in 2013 riding for the Twelve Racing team as a wildcard for the San Marino GP. Two years later, he debuted in Moto2 with the Pons Racing Junior team, again as a wildcard. In 2016, he made his full-time debut with the Forward Racing team.

As of the 2018 season, he is racing for the Sky Racing Team VR46. With 3 races done and dusted, Luca Marini has 2 points finishes. Namely 9th in Qatar and 13th in Austin, while he finished 16th in Argentina. His best finish was in 2017 at the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic. Essentially Sports recently reached out to Luca Marini for an interview.

Q1. Before joining Moto2 full-time in 2016, you have just had one race in Moto3 and one race in Moto2, How did you gain experience till then?