Enea Bastianini has a contract expiring in 2024 with Ducati and a future at risk: Dall’Igna comments on his performance at COTA in the GP of the Americas
Joined the team last year Ducati Lenovo, Enea Bastianini is preparing to face 2024, one crucial season which will be crucial for him. After the performance of the GP of the Americas, Luigi Dall’Igna spoke to comment on the performance of the Italian driver for the red team.
The first year in the official team brought the rider to suffer several injurieswhich forced him to skip several races during the season. The Spanish Martin was a threat to himas if he had won the world championship, it was said he would have taken his place.
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Bagnaia’s world championship victory ensured a Beast another chancebut the 2024 is the crucial year. In order to continue racing with the red one he must demonstrate that he is up to it. And seen the spectacular season of 2022 with the Gresini team, Enea is up to the task. After all, he is a world champion (of Moto2).
The general director of the Ducati team Luigi Dall’Igna comments on Bastianini’s performances in these first races of the world championship and states that the rider is doing well finding the consistency he needed. Referring to the podium of COTADall’Igna states:
“For Aeneas it is a important podiumwhich confirms him among the protagonists on the track, race after race, with one constancy which he is slowly rediscovering. (…) She needed greater continuity and this is another key step in the right direction“.
There Martin’s threat, who absolutely wants to ride in an official team, is however still alive. In fact, the Spaniard is the world championship leader. Plus there is potential new contender to the red which beast he must guard against, which comes directly from his former team, that is Marc Marquez. Despite Sunday’s crash, the Spaniard showed that he is not far from the next victory.
The 2024 season already has three grand prix contested and Bestia is proving to not having given up to the difficulties of last year, but of having fought to return to the top positionsas shown the two podiums obtained. Enea’s future is literally in her hands, she is there Ducati GP24to which he seems to have adapted very well.
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