What if this third victory of the season taken during the seventh round of the calendar marked by the French Grand Prix was the most important success of Enea Bastianini's entire career? The Gresini Ducati rider has been delighting observers for a while now, but at Le Mans, his racing intelligence and the serenity he is showing in this campaign were exacerbated by the fact that he played both riders Ducati officials as a resident of a satellite team of the brand. Two Spaniards, including a former World Champion, took it to the firmament before an Italian Grand Prix which took on all the trappings of a civil war...
The first to have expressed his admiration for the transalpine pilot is a Alex Criville who said: “ he played a perfect match. Arriving in the leading group, he overtook Jack Miller and it didn't take long for him to overtake Pecco Bagnaia. When the official Ducati rider realized that Enea Bastianini was in front of him, he did his best to follow him. He made a mistake and fell. The Ducati team's factory rider had to try, but he knew it would be difficult because Enea Bastianini was impeccable ».
He adds : " we saw a devastated Pecco Bagnaia for having fallen. He had taken pole and had the pace to win, but he didn't expect Enea Bastianini to be so strong. Enea Bastianini's secret lies in the set-up and its driving. He can read the race very well and holds the tires very well until the end of the race. This is the secret because he gets a fluid motorcycle, very close to the best level, which draws the curves very well and manages tire wear very well. I think he is now the strongest in MotoGP ».
The second prize is delivered by the nevertheless merciless boy lorenzo who not only congratulated bastianini : he also castigated Pecco Bagnaia... " You have to take into account Enea Bastianini because he won in different ways and he got on the podium in a surprising way. The first year, last year he came out of nowhere and started overtaking. But this year, he has three victories “, said Jorge’s father.
“Enea Bastianini n’était pas prêt à céder, il n’a pas accepté de jouer les seconds rôles, ni les consignes de l’équipe”
« When Bastianini was in the parc ferme, he said 'I got behind Pecco to put pressure on him and make him nervous', and it worked. I don't know if Dall'Igna will be very happy with this, but it works very well. And not only did that make him nervous, but he fell because of those nerves and that pressure. Of course he didn't react well, there were still laps to relax behind Bastianini to see if he had anything. He therefore lost 20 points ».
More boy lorenzo don’t stop there with the 2021 world vice-champion… “ Bagnaia said he wanted Jack Miller to stay. Let no pilot be brought to him, neither Bastianini nor Martín, or anyone else. He wants Jack Miller to stay because he is a pilot who performs the duties well. Miller accepted his role as water carrier. They had the strategy for this race, fantastic, perfect, it was becoming controllable. Miller came out first, he pulled Pecco who was in no hurry, because he already knew that when he passed him there would be no opposition ».
« But they weren't counting on Bastianini at all and Bastianini wasn't ready to give in. He did not accept the role or the team's instructions. He came in, picked it up easily, studied it well, and when he decided to take it, it turned out fantastic. He is currently the highest placed Ducati rider. These strategies do not work and it is a sign of weakness on the part of the pilot to seek alliances », he concluded on Motosan.
