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Started from the seventeenth box Luca Marini failed in the purpose he had set to gain some positions, but not only at the end of the Mandalika Sprint Race he found himself even eighteenth.
"This Saturday was not perfect. I had good potential, but in qualifying I couldn't get a good lap time and that was disappointing because it was enough to replicate yesterday's time to get into Q2. Here then the pace of the group is very similar, so starting behind is even worse than in the other races."
"At the start I hit Binder because he got his front device hooked. They all dodged him at Turn 8, but I didn't expect him to go so slow and that's why I found myself last - he recounted the vicissitudes of the early stages of the race - I tried to recover, but the soft in front if you're following someone becomes too soft, especially when you enter the corner still with the brakes. Tomorrow I will try the hard since it allows you to take off harder. Our pace is top 12, but if you don't start well it becomes more difficult."
Asked if he had seen Marquez's save, the Marquesan replied, "It was a mistake, with the soft front it is complicated to be on the same level as someone with the hard. He obviously braked a little too much."
Also in Indonesia, at least the first of the two races available to the drivers ended with a mistake by one of the title contenders. For the 27-year-old, there is a specific reason. "The last three championships have been decided by mistakes. The reason is that the way we race has changed. Between Sprint Race and GP, it's 20 minutes and 40 minutes of qualifying because the tires don't drop and the limit is only the driver's physical and mental toughness. There is more stress and it is easy to make mistakes. Does struggling up front put more pressure? No, it's always better for tire, brake and engine temperatures. In Misano Pecco crashed while in third. All it takes is a moment of distraction."
Infin a remark on the many slips seen also on this day. "Off-track is dirty, but what affects is that we are all on the limit. The hard front compound we never use as it is typical only for hot circuits. We're not used to it, plus it's different in handling and corner entry, for me it's more delicate, so it's up to us to fall," he argued.
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