Bastianini: “There are good foundations to do well”
Of Antonio Modaffari,
April 26, 2024
In search of redemption. There MotoGP back on track with the weekend of Spanish GPfourth appointment of World Cup 2024. On the Jerez track Pecco Bagnaia wants to resume the hunt for the world title. The Ducati rider, reigning world champion, is coming off a disappointing season fifth place in the Americas GP and from the crash in the Portuguese GP. Two missteps that significantly distanced him from classification leader Jorge Martin. On the eve of the first day of testing, Bagnaia did not say he was worried about the current position in the general classification because if it is true that the 30 points behind Martin “are not a few”, it is equally true that the World Cup is only just beginning. The biggest regret for Pecco, however, is the race thrown away in Portugal “due to a contact”. As for the stage of Jerezin the press conference Bagnaia highlighted how the Iberian one is one of his “favourite” slopes and if it is true that there are “some issues that are slowing us down a bit“, the Turin rider’s belief is that the Borgo Panigale team will be able to take “a step forward”.
Bastianini: “Good foundations for doing well”
The clouds present over Bagnaia’s head at the start of the season did not appear in the other half of the Ducati sky. Enea Bastianiniin fact, arrives in Spain strong among the last ones two podiums achieved (second in Portugal and third in the GP of the Americas). Placements that place the number 33 at second place of the general classification. “We have good foundations to do well“, said Bastianini who, despite the good start to the World Cup, prefers to keep his feet on the ground and look “race by race”. For his part, Jorge Martin he looks at everyone from the top of his 80 points in the standings. There is only one objective for the home match: do better than last year also because Jerez “is a particular track” that recalls the memories of his parents parents who went to the circuit to “see the GPs before I was born”.
