Axel Bassani admits ‘the level of WorldSBK isn’t helping’ adaptation to Kawasaki
Axel Bassani༒ says his difficult 𒅌spell with Kawasaki has been made harder by the level of competitiveness in WorldSBK.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Axel Bassani has so far struggled to adapt to the Kawasaki while team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes remains a firm WorldSBK title contender after three rounds.
Formerly at Motocorsa Ducati, Bassani has not finished inside the top eight in any of the first nine races, something he achieved 11 🏅out of 12 times aboard the Panigale V4 R last season.
“It’s been 💛a difficult season, at the moment, because the level of World Superbike at the moment is really high and changing team and the motorbike is never easy,” said Bassani.
“The level of WorldSBK isn’t helping me at the༺ moment. This means if you start to go well and have a good speed, you’ll be f🐠ast and strong. We need to work step by step, slowly.”
One of the challenges for Bassani has been ✱ad🧜apting to the different riding style that’s needed with the ZX10-RR.
“It’s a completely different bike,” began the Italian. “There are always two wheels but it’s a completely different feeling! You have to change your riding style, under braking and the exit of corners, because the bike is different🌸.
“The♏ first time was not easy but now, weekend by weekend, I’m starting ♈to feel better on the bike.
“On the bike, I don’t have a bad feeling, but it’s always dif🧜ficult to be fast and especially in Superpole we hav♔e some problems.
“We’ll try to have a better Superpole because now, if you start out of the f🦄irst or second row, it’s really diffic𒉰ult to have a good race.
“When we put the softer tyres, the bike starts to be more difficult for me to ride. It starts to൩ be difficult for me to d﷽o what I want to do.
“With harder tyres, it’s bett🌠er. We have to improve a lot with the softer tyres because the bike starts to do something strange for my 💧riding style. We need to improve.
“We’ll work on this point. We have to work on the SCQ tyre but also the soft tyre for the race becau🅰se, after ten l⛄aps, we start to have some problems. We have a lot of work to do but we know what we need.”
"It’s strange to have a team-mate"
New to Bassani this season is sharing the garage with a team-mate, after all three of his seasons with Motocorsa were as a one-ꦅrider team.
And with Lowes performing at such a high level, Bassani admits it’s good ꦿto look at his data.
Bassani said: “After three years alone with Ducati, it’s strange to have a teammate. At the same tꦫime, it’s good, because you have someone who’s riding the same bike and it’s always good to see what they’re doing.
“Ale♐x is a really gꦜood guy. He always tries to do his best; he pushes to the limit with the Kawasaki because it’s his fifth season with Kawasaki.
“It💮’s really important for me to see his data and see where I can improve. He can help me, but yo💙u have to remember that he’s my teammate, but always one of my rivals.
“He can help meꦅ somewhere… but not too much! It’s normal. It’s the sameౠ for me.
“We’re two riders riding for the same team, but, at the same time, we want to be the best. He’s doing his work and the same for meও.”
