Marini, who missed out on the podium following a battle with Johann Zarco in Sunday’s Grand Prix, was embroiled in an early-race fight with Miller as the KTM rider went from fou🙈rth to first.

B🏅ut after being passed by Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin, Miller then struggled to keep pace with the top two which instead caused a train ♛of riders to be held up by the Australian.

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One of those was Marini who admitted he♚ lost time w♌hen battling the KTM riders.

The Mooney VR46 Ducati r𝔉ider said: "I didn’t expect this kind of race! I started very well and starting from the first row helps a lot with the management𝓰 of the race. 

"It’s a much easier race. I tried to give ev♋erything. I made a mistake trying to overtake Jack [Miller] in the Casanova-Savelli [section] and then Martin overtook me and we lost a lot of time with Jack. 

"If I could stay in the slipstream of Martin for more than half the race then, for sure, I could manage my body a little bit more.&🌊nbsp;

"In the last four or five laps I didn’t hav൩e enough strength to keep the grip tight, especially when the bi🐲ke shakes in turn one. It was really difficult. 

"Behind Johann I tried everything because I wanted this podium a lot. It’s a dream to jump on the podium at Mugello beca𒁏use it’s the best place🐷 in the world to get a podium."

While Ducati’s dominance continued at the Italian round, Marini was left ♍in awe of KTM’s potential when it came to acceleration out of corners.

Quickly becoming the second best bike﷽ on the grid, KTM, in the hands of Brad Binder and Miller in particular, have been very close to Ducati’s fastest riders for several rounds.

Speaking after the race, Marini alludedꦆ to Ducati holding the overall advantage compared to KTM, but not when talking about acceleration.

The Italian a🔜dded: "KTM accelerates really strongly. ✃It has a lot of grip and in the acceleration it makes the difference. 

"They can put a 𒀰lot of torque in the rear🅺 tyre and when the rear tyre keeps this torque they gain a lot of time in acceleration. 

"They are also able to try and overtake you every time because when you exit from one corner, the normal situation is that you lose a little bit of contact because the bike in front of you accelerates a little bit before you and you, without the aerody🧸namics, without the load in the wings, lose a li🐲ttle. 

"While the KTM accelerates behind you in a very good way ✱and so they can try to overtake you and push you out in every corner. 

"It’s very difficult to figh𓄧t against KTM now. They are really strong. Fortun🌃ately Ducati has something more."