MotoGP- Bastianini made the wrong map at the start of Thailand

October 4, 2022

The good news for the Gresini Racing driver is that, thanks to his sixth place combined with the zero that Fabio Quartararo added, he was able to cut ten points from the championship leader, who is now 39 points behind, with three races remaining and there are 75 at stake.

The bad news for Enea Bastianini (180) is that the second place in the general standings, and now the top favorite for the title, Pecco Bagnaia, is now farther away than when he arrived in Buriram , specifically at 37 points (217). And that his immediate pursuer, Jack Miller, is hot on his heels by placing himself, at this time, just one point away (179).

In any case, Bastianini ‘s great objective, to finish in the top three in the championship, is still a feasible option, and even more so after approaching second overall, Aleix Espargaró (199), from whom he is now only separated by 19 points.

The chaotic race in Thailand , declared in the wet and carried out in difficult conditions, was a good opportunity for the rider from Rimini , who ended up with the feeling of having done the job halfway.

“In the end the result was not bad, it was an important sixth place,” the Italian valued at the end of the race.

“It was very hard, especially at the start, because there was a lot of water on the asphalt and in the first seven or eight laps you couldn’t see anything on the straights,” explained the four-time race winner this year.

“Without any reference point in front of me, it was a real disaster to drive. Then when the conditions improved, I picked up a good pace and went quite fast. I’m happy, because I think I’ve improved in these conditions and it will be important for me in the future. “, considered the boy from Gresini, who next season will make the leap to the official Ducati line-up.

In his opinion, under these conditions, the Italian believes that he should be satisfied with the work.

“It would have been difficult to do more, especially in the middle of the race, because every time I tried to brake harder I ended up going wide. It also happened to me that I lost the front part in the middle of a corner. It was not an easy race at all “, it reeled.

Bastianini , who started from the second row of the grid (sixth), crossed the first step through the finish line eighth, ninth the second and tenth the third, slowly recovering positions until, with three laps to go, regaining the starting position .

The Italian confessed, at the end of the race, that he made a mistake that compromised his final result.

“It was a pity that I got the wrong map at the start, I didn’t have the right push coming out of Turn 1 and I lost several positions. On the second lap I managed to change it, but the problem was that then I was behind the other bikes and I didn’t I couldn’t see anything”, revealed the Romañolo.

Enea Bastianini, Gresini Racing MotoGP