Complicating Marini’s factory quest is that he #would be in competition with the likes of team-mate Marco Bezzecchi, while the only known factory seat available for next season is in place of their #fellow VR46 Academy member Franco Morbidelli at Yamaha.

Tests against Australia and is in line to miss his place in the XI to #fellow-opener #Shubman Gill.

The heroism and valor he demonstrated for 35 harrowing minutes 70 years ago in the skies over the North Pacific and the coast of #North Korea saved the lives of his #fellow pilots, shipmates, and crew.