Enea Bastianini reminded everyone why he was the reigning Moto2 World Champion by dominating his former opponents Jorge Martin and Luca Marini in his first MotoGP race in Qatar. The latter is his teammate at Avintia with the same GP19 while the first has a GP21, which is what is best at Ducati in Grand Prix. The protégé of Carlo Pernat can be proud of his tenth place which is an ideal basis for building the rest of his season...
Enea Bastianini did not shatter the top speed record or impress with a start that saw him gain ten places in a few meters. But he worked conscientiously on his GP19 to collect a top 10 at the end of his first Grand Prix in MotoGP. And he only missed by one breath, 5 thousandths, his accession to Q2 during qualifying, which would have allowed him to beat the reigning World Champion outright Joan mir ...
So yes, we will have to follow this good-looking Italian closely. “ I'm really happy because I got off to a bad start because I was unable to put the motorcycle descent device on. Then, in the first laps I was behind »Comments bastianini. “ I saw that I still had a good pace and then I managed to do a lot of overtaking up to tenth position ».
Enea Bastianini: “electronics allow you to make mistakes”
« The last six laps were a chance to go for seventh, but I made a mistake at turn six because I was quite tired, so I didn't want to risk any more “he assures. " Of course, I could have done better than tenth position but in the end it's okay, even though I was close to seventh place, I saw them getting closer and closer, I was getting closer. This weekend there is another race, we have accumulated more experience and we will try to start better. I am very excited and very happy with the result, that was my goal, to aim for the Top Ten and I did it ».
He ends on the subject of this first experience: “ the most difficult things are the first two laps with the other riders with the power of this bike. They are really difficult because the braking points change a lot. Many landmarks with others opposite change and are therefore more dangerous. It wasn't easy, but once I got into the rhythm it went well. What helps the most is electronics that allow you to make mistakes ". This weekend, he will do it again in the same place for the Doha Grand Prix.
MotoGP Qatar 1 J3: classification
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