Valentino Rossi hopes his half-brother Luca Marini will be able to step up to MotoGP in 2021 with the Avintia squad and confirms discussions have been held with Ducati. The latest siblings to have both ridden on the same weekend at a Grand Prix has as its elder half a very famous big brother: Valentino Rossi. Toyota star Tom Ingram completed a last-to-victory recovery across the British Touring Car Championship round at Croft by winning the reversed-grid finale. We will remove this and make the changes needed. So he's generally good and this is very important," Rossi said. Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher are tied at 91 career wins in Formula 1 after Hamilton's win Sunday. However, Marini won’t be one of two Moto2 riders destined to make their MotoGP debut in 2021 with Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini picked over him by Ducati to be placed at Pramac and Avinita respectively. Petronas SRT's Fabio Quartararo says his battle for ninth on the last lap of the MotoGP French Grand Prix with title rival Joan Mir was "like a fight for victory". Luca Marini extended his lead at the top of the Moto2 standings after winning the San Marino race pn Sunday to move 17 points clear of his rivals. The Sky VR46 rider and half-brother of MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi was flung from his Kalex at La Chapelle at Turn 4 in the early stages of the second Moto2 session at Le Mans. Nonetheless, Ducati is still keen on Marini being involved amid rumours Tito Rabat could voluntarily break his own contract with Avintia Racing to leave MotoGP. 23 Year Olds. 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Thank you for your feedback. The VR46 rider currently leads the Moto2 standings by 20 points from MotoGP-bound Enea Bastianini, who is set to step up to Avintia with Ducati in place of Johann Zarco – who has signed to Pramac. There was also briefly talk that the Sky Italia VR46 team is considering taking on Avintia Racing’s MotoGP entry altogether in 2021, but the Spanish outfit moved to deny that was in the offing. First Name Luca #27. F1, Why curtailed Eifel GP won't level F1, but will harm race for perfection Ducati's Danilo Petrucci sensationally won a dramatic wet MotoGP French Grand Prix ahead of Honda rookie Alex Marquez, while title rivals Fabio Quartararo and Joan Mir struggled He's okay. Lewis Hamilton says he felt "incredibly humbled" to be honoured by Michael Schumacher's family after equalling his record for Formula 1 victories in Sunday's Eifel Grand Prix Valentino Rossi has a Maternal half brother named Luca Marini, he is also a motorcycle racer. Experience it Live "I spoke with Luca. While Avintia has emphasised it isn’t going to ‘push’ him like it did Karel Abraham when the Ducati-backed Johann Zarco became available, it seems the Spaniard instead wants to leave of his own accord as his results wane. MotoGP, Quartararo: P9 battle with Mir "like fight for victory" If not I would have been in P5. Moto2 championship leader Luca Marini has escaped serious injury after suffering a violent highside during FP2 for the French Grand Prix, which required him to be taken to hospital. We will see…", Contact Crash.Net Privacy Policy Get Crash RSS Newsfeeds About Crash.Net. 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"Also, the electronics is a totally different world. Valentino Rossi hopes his half-brother Luca Marini will be able to step up to MotoGP in 2021 with the Avintia squad and confirms discussions have been held with Ducati. With the first practice sessions for the Eifel Grand Prix washed out, a condensed F1 weekend will take place at the Nurburgring. Any graduation for Marini would give Rossi’s VR46 project another impressive endorsement in a year that has seen other members flourish, including Franco Morbidelli - now a race winner and Rossi’s future team-mate - and Pecco Bagnaia, who scored his first MotoGP podium in Misano too. Valentino Rossi's own opening day at Le Mans may have passed without incident, but he had barely removed his helmet after MotoGP FP2 when brother Luca Marini … With initial scans inconclusive on whether he’d suffered a fracture to his left ankle or not, he was transferred to a local hospital for further examination. Marini says he feels he will be "ready" to move to MotoGP next season if the chance arrives, but doesn't see another Moto2 campaign as being a "waste of time". F1, Horner: Punctured radiator led to Albon retirement Ex-Aprilia MotoGP rider Sam Lowes scored his first Moto2 win since 2016 at Le Mans, aided by fellow Briton Jake Dixon crashing out of the lead Kyle Busch tried to stay in the NASCAR Cup Series playoff fight as long as possible Sunday, but the result was an all-too familiar one this season. F1, Ingram produces stunning victory charge in Croft finale While not as aligned with Ducati as, say, Pramac Racing - meaning Avintia doesn’t have to do what is asked of it - there is still some deal sweetening leverage that could be applied, much like it did with Zarco by supplying him with his bike (rather than it being purchased by the team itself). Talk in the Italian press of a potential takeover of the Avintia squad by the VR46 team for 2021 have also emerged recently. ", Get unlimited access to the world’s best motorsport journalism with Autosport Plus. The win marks Elliott's fourth road course win in a row. 1602427300 Look for rheumatoid arthritis treatments. 1602426801 Plymouth built fewer than 2,000 Superbirds were built for 1970. Valentino Rossi. Joan Mir says "one bad race is allowed" this season after finishing 11th and ceding two more points to Fabio Quartararo in the standings in the MotoGP French Grand Prix. F1, How a champion turned "rubbish bin" came back to life