Enea Bastianini signed his third victory in seven races contested this season in MotoGP and this new consecration has visibly made Ducati realize this: we will have to bet on the Gresini rider to win the title and therefore retain his loyalty for 2023. Here are the latest news for Bestia, and they are excellent. Everything is set… Except the color of the bike!
Enea Bastianini has apparently definitely earned his stripes at Ducati after giving a lesson at Le Mans as a satellite driver to his two distinguished colleagues placed in the factory team. The first to be briefed by the 2 Moto2020 World Champion was of course Pecco Bagnaia who said on Saturday that he would not want him as a teammate. Or almost, since he declared that he wanted to continue the romance with Jack Miller...
A point of view which of course reached as far as the Gresini box and bastianini thus gave the impression: “ I think he prefers Miller because he is the leader of Ducati and he knows my potential, and also I think that of Jorge Martin. This may be a problem for him ». Pecco Bagnaia then had to justify his fondness for the Australian to reassure himself of his courage… “ Jack has been my teammate since 2019 and I know him very well ", said bagnaia. « So, it's normal that if you had to choose a friend to share your cubicle with, it's the man with whom you have the most conversations, with whom you spend the most time. SO, Jack is my first choice because he's a friend, he's a good teammate, I like working with him. But it's something the team has to choose ».
Enea Bastianini will be on a state-of-the-art Ducati in 2023 and 2024
So, bastianini in official Ducati? Whoever would be the victim, Jack Miller, answers frankly: “ you just have to put two and two together: he won three races, he drives very well and he is Italian, with that I can tell you everything ". And he ends: “ ask Carlo Pernat, he has all the information ". And indeed, the manager of bastianini, replied : " we have a verbal agreement to stay at Ducati for another two years » explains the Italian. “ He will have an official bike with an official development and with the people he works with, Alberto Giribuola and Dario Massarin. ».
He finishes : " we met Ciabatti and Dall'Igna at Le Mans on Thursday evening. We will sign this week ". And the color of this Ducati ? " Ducati must decide on internal strategy, the decision will be between Mugello and Barcelona ". In any case, here it is Enea Bastianini reassured about his future, which is not nothing at the moment in MotoGP…He can focus all his attention on the quest for the 2022 title…
