MotoGP, Catalonia J3, Enea Bastianini (Ducati/18): "I have to say that the marshals did not do a very good job"

Sunday to forget for Enea Bastianini, who finished eighteenth in the long race in Barcelona after receiving a 32-second penalty. It all started when he failed to execute the long lap penalty imposed for cutting into Turn 2 after a melee with Alex Marquez. Subsequently, he refused to serve the fine, leading to an even harsher penalty.

« I overtook Alex Marquez on the straight, " has explained bastianini at Sky Sport MotoGP. “ We braked and instead of entering the bend, he kicked me out. I couldn't enter the corner and had to go through the chicane. I was expecting his long lap, but it was assigned to me. I didn't do it because I didn't feel obligated to do it, I probably made a mistake."

The confusion continued when bastianini, rolling nervously, failed to do the first long lap, which forced him to do two later. “ Then, I drove nervously, I rode for a long time again and was fined two laps because I hadn't done the first one. A failed race, I'm very angry and now it's like this, there's no going back."

bastianini, Together with Davide Tardozzi, went to see the Panel of Sporting Stewards to explain his situation, without success. “ We will try to do something. The positive is that when we went there with Tardozzi, they couldn't say anything, they assessed the situation differently. They thought I had saved time, but on the contrary, I had lost it. They were very careful...I have to say they didn't do a very good job."

**Enea Bastianini: “ I could definitely have fought for the podium »**

Before the incident, bastianini felt he had the potential for a good result. “ Up until then I was definitely not the fastest, I tried to manage and be OK by the end of the race. As soon as I saw that Alex Marquez was dropping the pace, I immediately tried to overtake him. I think I would have managed to stay with Marc and Aleix, I could certainly have fought for the podium. »

Now, Enea Bastianini must look to the future, with the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello in the crosshairs. “ We need to think about the future, not what has happened. When things like this happen, you only hurt yourself thinking about them. We will try to have a good race at Mugello, I am sure we will redeem ourselves. I can't wait for Friday."