Enea Bastianini after excellent winter tests, is ready to redeem a year 2023 to forget in every way. The injuries at Portimao and Barcelona are now a distant memory and #23 knows that to keep his place alongside the confirmed Pecco Bagnaia, he will have to start strong from the start.
This weekend takes place on Qatar Grand Prix, inaugural race of MotoGP 2024, and on the Losail track that the Rimini driver had dominated in 2022, while he was driving the Team Gresini Ducati. " We are finally back on track for the first race of the season and I am happy to leave Qatar, where I achieved my first MotoGP victory in 2022. Last year too, I was strong, but I started from the back. But I did the fastest lap on the last lap . »» recalls the “Bestia”. “ During the last pre-season tests in Losail we were fast and competitive. The conditions for success are therefore met ».
Enea Bastianini: “ we must keep our feet on the ground »
He adds : " Obviously, during the GP weekend the conditions will be different from those in testing, so we have to keep our feet on the ground. We will work hard from the first round to start 2024 on the right foot. I hope to be the first rival, I already aspired to be last year, but I feel that now it could be different. I feel in good conditions, I have an excellent team, we have united, got to know each other and strengthened each other.”
Enea Bastianini stood on the podium three times at Losail, including one victory: P2 in Moto3 in 2015, P3 in Moto2 in 2020 and his first victory in MotoGP in 2022. He finished P8 in 2023 after crashing on the opening lap of the Sprint following an incident involving Olive tree et I will espargaro, he got back on his bike to finish P20. The next day, he finished P8 in the Grand Prix itself.
