Francesco Bagnaia primed for “intense days” at preseason Portimao test before “final decision” on Ducati fairing
The 2022 Desmosedici was the best machinery on the grid and powered Bagnaia from a 91-po💟int deficit to pip reigning champion Fabio Quartararo on the final day.
Ominously, Ducati are focused on gettingꦿ of🅰f to a better start this season rather than being forced to mount another comeback.
"We are now very close to the first race of the season, and so this test will be crucial,” said Bagnaia ahead of the presཧeason test in Portimao.
“In Sepang, we managed to do a ꧒good job and bring the new bike to the same level as last year's. We are very close to being 100%, and I am sure we will be able to complete our work here.
“Portimao is a very different track from Sepang, andღ, of course, so are the weather condi▨tions.
“So it will be🐟 crucial to try the different fairings tested in Malaysia again to have more 🌠data to analyse before making a final decision.
“We will also have to wor💙k on the race weekend, especially the sprint race. It will be two intense days, but I am ready and excited to return to ꦚwork."
After the Sepang test, Bagnaia reported back: “The fairওing was the same thing. It is totally different, a different effect on the ground, so you have to do a different thing when riding.
“It was better in the braking, this is already a good thing for Ducati. In the long corners, I have to understand. It i♍s good to test here because there are a lot of long corners. There is great potential.”
One of the biggest threats to Bagnaia’s MotoGP championship this season is likely to coღme fromꦚ the opposite side of the same garage.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini earned a call-up from Gresini Racing and, even wꦆith his factory seat assured, he showed willingness to fight Bagnaia wheel-to-wheel last season.
Bastianini won the second-most amount of races behind only the ch🥀ampion.
"I am happy to get back on track this weekend and return to wo💃rk to prepare for the new season,” Bastianini said.&𝓰nbsp;
“We are now practically twꦦo weeks away f🎶rom the first race, and I can't wait!
“Although we completed a good part of our program 𒁃in Sepang, two very intense days await us here.
“It will be important to repeat some of the tests we did in Malaysia to have different data to compare. In addition, we will need to start working on fine-tuning the bike for the race and simulate a sprint race to understand how we will have to approach this year𒀰. We hope to find good weather on both days."
Bastianini said about after th🐠e Sepang test: “The potential of the new bike is good so I am confident.
“It is better. For me, it has a little bit more power. The bike is very similar to the old one, ꦛbut with more poten✱tial.”
James was a sports journalist at Sk꧑y Sports for a decade covering everytꦏhing from American sports, to football, to F1.
