Enea Bastianini will have played his personal card to the end in this title race where Ducati would have liked him to bring a little more conviction in the team spirit. He will have the opportunity to discuss it at length with the staff in red from Tuesday November 8 where he will be a Ducati factory rider, teammate of a Pecco Bagnaia whose possible status as World Champion he would not take offense to. . On the contrary, it would motivate him even more. In the meantime we must ensure the final podium in Valencia…
Enea Bastianini will not be the World Champion of this 2022 season, a title which seems to be heading towards his future teammate Pecco Bagnaia, but he still has a goal to achieve at the end of this last race which is to appear on the final podium in the general classification. For the moment, he is fourth, under the mathematical threat of Jack Miller placed behind him and only one point fromAleix Espargaró on theAprilia.
And if the Valencia route has already shown itself to be favorable to Ducati, he did not reveal the talent of “Bestia”: “ Valencia is a track where I have never achieved great results in the past he acknowledges. " One more reason to reset, it will be important to get the free practice off to a good start. Last year I had problems with the front, but with this year's bike things should be able to go differently ».
Enea Bastianini: “ I would like to bring a bit of the Gresini spirit to Ducati in 2023«
On his 2022 journey, he adds: “ there are regrets, there were races where I didn't manage the race in the best way, maybe I could have had other better results. It was my second year in MotoGP, I wasn't expecting perfection. The goal at the start of the year was to mature and I think I succeeded. We exceeded our initial expectations, this means that our work with the team was really good ».
With this, he plans on his new adventure MotoGP in red, with an ambitious objective which is not the one we would have imagined at first glance… “ From next Tuesday a new adventure will begin. At first I know it won't be easy, I will have to learn to work in a factory team with everything that goes with it. I am calm however, the important thing will be to start positively on the right foot ". Then he confides: “ I would like to bring a bit of the Gresini spirit to Ducati in 2023. I would like to bring a little levity to the factory team ". He finishes : " it was a positive season, 3rd place in the standings would be the icing on a championship in which I feel I have grown ».
