2024-04-08 16:57:30
Enea Bastianini knows that her future is decided in the next races. The one from Rimini only has a handful of grand prizes ahead of him to show Ducati that Borgo Panigale can continue to trust him for next seasona wish that little by little is becoming more complicated for ‘The Beast’ now that Jorge Martín has become the leader of the championship with a difference of 21 points over the Italian, third at the close of the last Portimao event.
Number #23 has not changed his approach since preseason began in Malaysia; Although his debut campaign has not been as brilliant as Martín’s, the results that Enea has achieved in Losail and especially in Portugal – where he finished second in the Sunday race – are the perfect indication that the Italian is going for the good way, and now that the championship will visit tracks that are to your liking, He is convinced that he can recover the form of that Bastianini of 2022 who, riding a Ducati satellite, made Pecco Bagnaia uncomfortable in his fight for the title.
“The mentality remains the same, I think this year we started the season on the right foot.“said Enea in Portugal in statements reported by Autorsport.com. “We have worked well all winter, I already knew that the season would be a little more difficult at the beginning, that is, I knew that in Qatar I was going to suffer a little more,” recognized the Italian, who did not perform as expected of him under the lights of the Losail circuit.
The 26-year-old pilot says “I know perfectly well what aspects I have to work on, so I’m not going to say that I’m calm, but I am confident” Regarding the upcoming races, especially Austin, home of a Grand Prix of the Americas in which Bastianini already shone two seasons ago on the Gresini team bike, then winning the victory, the second of the four he achieved in that magical 2022 season.
Aeneas admits “keep very good memories of 2022”, when he won in Austin, especially now after missing last year’s race “due to injury”, the same one that kept him off the slopes for five grand prizeshindering his expected debut with the Ducati Lenovo Team.
“But I have very good memories of 2022. It was my favorite victory of the year, so for me it is nice to return to the Ciruito de Las Américas“, Bastianini says that he does not hide some fear about the performance that Marc Márquez may exhibit this coming weekend at COTA, a circuit where the Catalan has won more times than anyone else – he has accumulated seven victories since 2013 – and where he could conquer his first victory with the satellite structure directed by Nadia Padovani if he finds the rhythm and speed he had here with the Honda.
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“I know we will have a problem with Marc, because he is a very fast driver on this track, but so will other pilots. We’ll see how it goes,” Bastianini predicts that he needs to cut points from Jorge Martín as soon as possible if he wants to get solid arguments to keep his place with Pecco Bagnaia beyond next December 31.
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