With only two riders ahead of him in last year’s world championship, if 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi continues his MotoGP tra𒉰jectory the VR46 rider will be firmly in the 2024 title fight.

After all, Bezzecchi made a massive leap from 14th inౠ his rookie season to 3rd, and three Grand Prix wins, last year.

But MotoGP is not that simple.

Not only are ▨his rivals also working flat out to improvﷺe but, as in any motorsport, much depends on machinery.

“Last year I learned to work in the best way possible, but also in the shortest time possible,” Bezzecchi sai🐠♊d, referring to the new race weekend format.

“Also, I improved my riding style, how to manage the tyres and the braking. So I'm very happy 🐟with this.

“I also have a bit more experience compared to 🐭last ye🍰ar.

“B🧔ut as always in sports, and in MotoGP especially, you can never stop improving. I can't ‘sit on the chair’. I have to continue working.”

With only a first taste of the Desmosedici GP23 at lastꦗ November’s Valencia test, the mec❀hanical side is very much at the forefront of Bezzecchi’s mind ahead of the opening 2024 outing at Sepang next month.

The Italian may have been third fastest and top Ducati at Valencia, but he is yet to unlock the secrets of a bike that finished first and second in last year’s championship w🍸ith Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin.

“I had just one day of 🦹riding with the new bike, which is quite different from the bike that I had last season,” Bezzecchi said at Wednesday’s VR46 team launch.

“It’s a very competitiv♋e bike of course, the GP23 won the World Championship so it’s a fantastic bike for sure. I just need more time to understand better how to ride and how to use the maximum potential of the bike.”

Factory star, good friend and reigning double c♚hampion Bagnaia often spoke of the GP23 having🦹 good grip but requiring a different kind of corner-entry technique.

“[The difference is] nothing crazy compared to my last year’s bike, but when you get used to riding in a certain way then it's difficult always to change, even if the change is very litt♕le,” Bezz♈ecchi explained.

“I rode the 2021 bike during mꩲy firs🉐t year in MotoGP. Then last year I jumped on the 2022 and the difference was [small].

“Then in Valencia test I jumped on the 2023 and the difference🅠 was a bit bigger [than GP💞21 to GP22].

“In Valencia, I felt some positives. But also some points that 🦩I needed to improve, especially on my riding because the bike needed a different manoeuvre from me… I was missing some steps.

“So because of this, I can't wait to ride in Malaysia, a track I really like. I want to see how I feel with the new bike and try to go away from there with positive feel𝓰ings.”

And until he’s completed those three days at Sepꦅang, Bezzecchi is reluctant to set any 🐽goals.

“For s🤡ure last year was fantastic, but every year is different. This year there are some changes on the grid and we didn't even make the first test, so I would like to wait to give myself a target.

“Ofಞ course, after last year, I want also to make again good races or ev꧙en better.

“But, for the moment I’m trying to stay calm and be focused on testing. Try to learn the bike. Try to put myself comfortable on the bike and then aft𒉰er Malaysia I will think about a target for myself.”

One area where ‘Bez’ is confident the GP23 will be bette🧔r is the starts, with Bagnaia and Martin receiving a holeshot device update during the second half of last♑ season.

“Well, the [🐓start] device is of course a bit different compared to the one that I had last year, so surely it will be something that will give an advantag🐽e,” Bezzecchi said of an improved holeshot system that visibly drops the bike closer to the ground.

“✃But it's not the bike that starts by itself. I need to improve. I need to work on the ꦓclutch. I need to try to improve myself because it was a weak point that I had last year.

“Step by step, I'm getting better. I'm sure that I will﷽ learn t𓆉o start faster, but with this package for sure it will be a little bit better, I hope.”

The 25-year-old, who braved t𓆏he pain of a late-summer collarbone fracture in training to ensure he didn’t miss any Grand Prix last season, is now back to full fitness but will carry extra ‘hardware’ with him throughout 2024.

“The shoulder now is good. Still I have the plates and the screws inside. I 🍰think ♑I will keep them all the season because I don't have time to remove them.

“The plates and everything need to stay inside for at least six months and six ꧙monthsꦛ from the operation is exactly when I start the championship! So I will have to ride all year with the plates inside.

“But apart frℱom this, the shoulder now is working well. I tried again at the ranch. I tried again motocross and it's working fine♉.”

And is he concerned by Gigi Dall’Igna’s suggestion that the GP24 is a bigger technical step over the GP23 than ⛄previous evolutions?

“I don't know. Ask Pecco,꧑ Jorge or the factory riders [that have the GP24]! But fo💜r sure I will give my all to beat them!”

With Luca Marini leaving for Repsol Honda, Bezzecchi will be joined by Fabio di Giannantonio at Valentino Roꦫssi’s VR4𝄹6 team, with new title backing from Pertamina, in 2024.