Enea Bastianini accomplished a solid job if we judge by the verdict of the time sheet which still puts him second and first of the Ducati, ahead of the official of the Bagnaia brand. But listening to him, there is still a lot to do before we start showing off. Here are the words of the Gresini driver whose tone leaves no doubt that he really feels like a candidate for the title…
With his private GP21, Enea Bastianini finds himself second after the first day of the Spanish Grand Prix. Something to smile about, but the Gresini driver rather smiles at the time of the assessment: “ the time race wasn't bad, but in terms of pace we weren't very fast », surprised Enea Bastianini evaluating his Friday at the Circuito de Jerez. “ I lack grip. If I jack the bike up, I can't put the power on the track. You have to try to work on it », he explains about his difficulties.
Enea Bastianini: “ I don't have everything under control yet«
« Everything was different when I was looking for times, I had a good feeling “, added the Gresini Ducati rider. “ We'll see how it goes tomorrow, but the first impression was pretty good. We have improved. Because we tried a few things and everything went well ».
In second place on the combined timesheets, bastianini was separated by two tenths from the best time of fabio quartararo this Friday. The Italian was cautiously optimistic about the outcome of this sixth round of the championship: “ I don't have everything under control yet, but we're not far away. There were places on the track where there was still some humidity, for example in turns 2 and 8 and a little at the entrance to turn 5. The situation was a bit critical ». bastianini finishes with a top 5 result as the final goal. Saturday will be another day.
MotoGP Spain J1: times
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