Moto2 | GP Sachsenring Race: Marini, “I thank all the people who have supported me over these years”

Moto2 German Grand Prix – After a lot of work, a great result arrived for Luca Marini, who achieved his first career podium, finishing third; unlucky race for the other standard bearer of the Sky Racing Team VR46, Francesco Bagnaia, involved in the fall of Mattia Pasini. Pecco crossed the finish line twelfth, but the advantage over Oliveira was reduced to seven points.

Luca marini: “I'm really happy to have achieved my first podium. On Thursday I didn't even know in what condition I would finish the race or if I would be competitive on the long run due to the shoulder injury and now I just got off the podium. An almost perfect weekend, we worked hard since free practice, we made a great step in qualifying and I have to thank the whole Team and the people who have supported me over the years. To get to the top it is important to start from the first step and not stop, but continue to commit and believe in it. A hard and long race, we started strong and in the last laps I tried with Mir, but I couldn't. It's a shame, but I'm happy.".

Francis Bagnaia: “It was definitely not the race I imagined: I'm very sorry because today we really had the pace to compete with the leaders, but unfortunately, after the contact with Pasini the pressure in the front tire dropped and it was very difficult to keep up with the pace of the leaders. strong to be able to recover positions. I was at the back of the group, 26th, and I gave 101% to try to regain contact with those in front of me. Recovering 14 positions and arriving 12th at the finish line was really difficult, but these are races and I'm happy to still be first in the Championship. I'm very happy for Luca who had a great weekend and I would have liked to play it with him".

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- Sky Racing Team VR46 (@SkyRacingTeam) July 15, 2018