Enea Bastianini enters this Australian Grand Prix from fourth place in the championship, 39 points behind leader Fabio Quartararo, but with only one point ahead of Jack Miller who is now a real danger for his final podium ambitions, synonymous with exceptional bonus promised by Ducati... But make no mistake: the Gresini rider has in no way given up his ambition to be crowned at the end of the year, and that will not fail to pose questions for again the question of team instructions within the Ducati clan…
Enea Bastianini made a final update on the situation before launching into the fray of Australian Grand Prix. A position which reaffirms its ambition to play its only card: “ I have no pressure ", declared the Italian from 24 years. “ I have to be at the front in every session to be able to continue to fight for the World Championship. It's important for me to get a good result on this track. Because 39 points is too much, so I have to catch up a lot in this Grand Prix ».
The Italian will therefore be in attack mode: “ I assess the situation race by race. I think I made a good step in testing after the summer break. I want to continue on this path. If I'm still a title contender in Malaysia I will try to win ».
Enea Bastianini: “ we know I'm not very comfortable in wet conditions »
That being said, Phillip Island will not be a cakewalk for whoever joins Pecco Bagnaia in the official team next year. Because not only will he be a rookie on this track with a MotoGP, but, in addition, in his career, this track has never really succeeded for him: during his six previous Australian Grand Prix, five in Moto3 and one in Moto2 , Bastianini only finished in the points twice…
On this statistic, he comments: “ the conditions won't be the best and I think it will be completely wet on Friday. For me and the riders who are still beginners with MotoGP here, it would be important to understand the lines very quickly. We don't have much time, but we'll see if the conditions will be better on Saturday ". In Buriram, the Gresini pilot Ducati took sixth place in the wet: “ we come from a wet race in Thailand, I had good feelings there, I was fast especially in the middle of the race. I have to take this confidence with me, even though we know I'm not very comfortable in wet conditions. In this regard, I need to learn something new for the future », ends with speedweek “Bestia.”
