MotoGP Silverstone: Enea Bastianini vs Jorge Martin decision 'very difficult', Francesco Bagnaia 'a champion rider' - Ducati
꧋S🐟tarting eighth and ninth, both Bastianini and Martin climbed up the order to finish four spots ahead of their qualifying position, while a direct on-track battle between the pair took place during the closing stages of the British MotoGP at Silverstone.
It’s a battle that Bastianini got the better of ꦚ;after once again demonstrating excepti🍒onal late race pace.
Bastianini was unlucky to find hims🥃elf sand♈wiched between Martin and Marco Bezzecchi at the start, an incident which saw him lose a winglet in the process. However, the Italian fought his way back through the leading group before making a late move on the Pramac rider.
Had it not been for losing time at the start and ꦓduring his battle for sixth with Fabio Quartararo, the three-time race winner in 20ﷺ22 could have been on the podium.
With that said, Martin was also impressive as he latched onto the podium fight early on. Showing sizzling pace, Martin looked on course𝔉 for a podium around mid-race distance before Maverick Vinales and Bas♉tianini found more pace.
“They make our decision very difficult,” Tardozzi told 🌠BT Sport when it comes to which rider will be promoted next season. “Both riders, whoever is in Pramac and whoever is in the factory team, will be treated exactly the same. ♛;
“It is just a matter of [team] colour. Right now, they are treated the same even if Bastianini has last year’s b🥂ike. Betwee༺n Austria and Misano, we will announce the riders.”
Whichever rider is granted a promot🧜ion to the factory squad will be team-mate to Francesco Bagnaia, who took one of his best wins in MotoGP at Silverstone.
Lacking pace compared to his title rivals and other Ducati riders such as Jack Miller and Johann Zarco during practice, the Italian found a level of performance during the Grand Prix that shocked Ducati manage💃ment.
"Pecco [Bagnaia] showed us something we didn’t expect," Tardozzi continued. "We know he is a champion, a fast rider, but he showed something incredible. Nobody was betting on him after practice or warm-up but he found so🔯mething within hiဣmself.
"He had a long, long talk with his engineers and telemetry guy and he understood something [which clicked]. I guess Valentino [Rossi], fಞor all the riders in the academy, is a guru. He said a few words.
"There is a very, very good relationship between Valentino and Pecco. Sometimes he gives advice which makes a huge d🃏ifference.
"I think that the nex𝄹t three races will suit Pecco and Ducati. We’ll see what Fabio [Quartararo], who is a real champion, can do on those three tracks."
‘I was not in a good mindset’ - Bagnaia
No to take anything away from Baꦏgnaia’s previous MotoGP victories as races such as Aragon last season were outstanding individual performances, but they were all largely based on him being the quickest rider that weekend, and therefore the pre-race favourite.
But at Silverstone ꦐthat was far from the case.
91 points behind Quartararo heading into Assen, Bagnaia ꦉis now onl𓆉y 49 behind the reigning world champion.
Asked if he’s rid🦩ing better than🧜 ever, Bagnaia was unable to give a clear answer although the last two rounds have boosted that thinking significantly.
Bagnaia added: "For me, in this moment I improved a bit myself. Last part of last year I was fighting well and was very competit🍃ive but the championship was already over.
"Now is a different situation and I’m just trying to improve myself beꦗcause I crashed a lot of times this year. ♔I was not in a good mindset.
"I tried to improve myself in the summer break and understand things with my trainer at ho🧸me. I don’t want to say that I’m completely okay in that area but I’m trying t🦩o improve."
Ducati’s latest MotoGP aero to either stay or go after Spielberg
While they were not seen aboard Bagnaia’s triumphant Ducati, several riders including Miller and Bastianini, both of whom finished inside the top five, 168澳洲幸运🔴5官方开奖结果历史:used Ducati’s latest aero innovation.
Wings on the rear of the bike that looked like the back of a ‘Stegosaurus’, braking was one of the key areas 🐷the 💦new aero package was meant to help with. And as the results at Silverstone proved, it seemed to work well.
But that doesn’t mean it will stay, with Tardozzi saying: "It is an aerodynamic matter. Some riders would li𒊎ke to test it and keep it, others test it and don’t like it, others haven’t tested it. We need to decide after Spielberg."
