It was a surprising revelation that Enea Bastianini made during his summary of the first of two days of testing ahead of 2023 that MotoGP has set up in Misano. The Sunday before, the same track had hosted a thrilling San Marino Grand Prix between two Ducati riders, in this case the said Bastiani and Pecco Bagnaia, candidate for the title. The two men crossed the finish line separated by only 34 thousandths and this epilogue gave brand boss Claudio Domenicali a cold sweat. The latter did not appreciate it and he made it known. Which obviously opened an internal investigation…
Indeed, when the future official driver of the brand comes to speak of official apologies after studying the data, we must conclude that there have been investigations into the final of the San Marino Grand Prix… Here are the words of “Bestia” on the subject: “ we analyzed the data after the race and when braking I was further away from Pecco than we could see on the television images. For this reason, Ducati apologized to me after Sunday's statements ". Statements in passing, pronounced in high places: either the boss Claudio Domenicali with a slight echo of Gigi Dall'Igna.
Enea Bastianini is already familiarizing herself with the 2023 framework
We don't know if this will leave any traces, but in the meantime, there was a day of test in Misano. What did the ever-racing Gresini think about it? “ I gave it a good try tomorrow we'll have another morning » he begins. “ We had good information, a new chassis and it went pretty well. The framework we will definitely use in 2023 has strong points, I think we have taken another step. Pecco also works there, we are happy ». bastianini concludes: “ I lapped in 1'31" with worn tires. Here in Misano we have always been competitive, we will see in the next races ».
MotoGP Misano Tests J1: times
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