Luca Marini

Luca Marini
Luca Marini
	Marini at the 2017 British Grand Prix
Nationality	Italian
Born	10 August 1997; Urbino, Italy
Current team	SKY Racing Team VR46
Bike number	10
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years	2015–
Manufacturers	Kalex
2019 championship position	6th (190 pts)
Moto3 World Championship
Active years	2013
Manufacturers	FTR Honda
Championships	0
2013 championship position	NC (0 pts)

Luca Marini (born 10 August 1997 in Urbino) is an Italian motorcycle racer. He is the maternal half-brother of Valentino Rossi.[1]

Career

Marini made his début in the Moto3 World Championship at the 2013 San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix as a wildcard, failing to finish the race. In 2015 he got another wildcard entry at the same place, this time in the Moto2 class with Pons Racing Junior Team aboard a Kalex, finishing the race in 21st place.

For 2016 Marini was signed by the Forward Team to compete full-time in the same class; he got his first Grand Prix points in Qatar, where he finished in 10th place, and his best result in Germany, where he had a 6th place. Marini still remained with the team for 2017. In 2018, Marini achieved his first podium in Germany and his first victory in Malaysia. In 2019, he secured two podiums in Mugello and Assen, leading towards back-to-back wins at Thailand and Japan.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2013	Moto3	FTR Honda	Twelve Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Moto2	Kalex	Pons Racing Junior Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	Moto2	Kalex	Forward Team	18	0	0	0	1	34	23rd
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Forward Racing Team	16	0	0	0	0	59	15th
2018	Moto2	Kalex	SKY Racing Team VR46	18	1	5	2	1	147	7th
2019	Moto2	Kalex	SKY Racing Team VR46	19	2	4	1	2	190	6th
Total				73	3	9	3	4	430

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts
Moto3	2013	2013 San Marino			1	0	0	0	0	0
Moto2	2015–present	2015 San Marino	2018 Germany	2018 Malaysia	72	3	9	3	4	430
Total	2013, 2015–Present				73	3	9	3	4	430

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2013	Moto3	FTR Honda	QAT	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM Ret	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL			NC	0
2015	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM 21	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		NC	0
2016	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 10	ARG 18	AME Ret	SPA 16	FRA 12	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GER 6	AUT 17	CZE Ret	GBR Ret	RSM 13	ARA 25	JPN 12	AUS 16	MAL 9	VAL 22		23rd	34
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 6	ARG 12	AME 10	SPA 5	FRA Ret	ITA 6	CAT DNS	NED Ret	GER DNS	CZE 4	AUT Ret	GBR 11	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 23	MAL Ret	VAL 23		15th	59
2018	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 9	ARG 16	AME 13	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 7	CAT 17	NED 8	GER 3	CZE 2	AUT 3	GBR C	RSM Ret	ARA 11	THA 2	JPN 9	AUS 5	MAL 1	VAL Ret	7th	147
2019	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 8	ARG 7	AME 6	SPA 8	FRA 13	ITA 2	CAT 6	NED 3	GER 10	CZE 5	AUT Ret	GBR 9	RSM 11	ARA 4	THA 1	JPN 1	AUS Ret	MAL 10	VAL 8	6th	190

References

"San Marino MotoGP: Rossi 'can't wait' for half-brother Luca's GP debut". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

External links

Profile on MotoGP.com

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[1] "San Marino MotoGP: Rossi 'can't wait' for half-brother Luca's GP debut". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2016.