It’s still not ‘automatic’, but after a tough winter and opening MotoGP round in Qatar, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchiও is starting to crack the corner entry technique required by the Ducati GP23.

Just 14th in Qatar, Bezzecchi crossed the finish line in sixth place - albeit after sever🍬al late incidents ahead - at Portimao.

The Italian, a triple race winner andꦆ third ღin the world championship for VR46 last season, naturally prefers to drag the brakes all the way to the apex.

B﷽ut that technique doesn’t work with the GP23, which res🌟ponds more to straight-line braking.

“I'm s🌜till trying to change because it's not automatic still for me to ride in this way,” Bezzecchi said. “Last year I was really strong to bring the bike in [to the corner] with a lot of pressure on the brake. I was really strong when stopping the bike with lean angle.

“This [GP23] bike works in the opposite way. So you have to stop really well in the straight,ꦉ but then you have to release the brake to make the bike turn in. When you keep [holding] the brake, the bike is turning less compared to last year.

“For me, still it is not really natural to go in and release the brake. My instinct tells me to keep the brakes [on]. But by making some changes on the bike and trying to focus a lot 🍬on doi💎ng this while riding, I made some big improvements [at Portimao].”

But the 19sec gap to victory shows the🌸re is still work to be done.

🃏“I’m still missing the entry part, but es𝓀pecially the turning point mid-corner, I’m slower compared to the other riders in that area,” he said.

“Overall compared to Sepang and Doha we improved a ๊lot, but still we are a bit too far from the top guys so we need to continue working.”

“I've never been a hero on starts”

A📖nother area where Bezzecchi is looking for progress is the race starts, which remain inconsistent.

“I was a bit better,” he said on Sunday evening in Portimao, “I lost a couple of places in the firs﷽t two corners but compared to yesterday it was not too bad.”

“The Ducati clutch is really tough for me, from my first year in MotoGP,” he added. “I've never been a hero on starts, even with the Moto2, but onceꦅ I changed to the MotoGP, I really struggle a lot.

“During these years, I never made three or four ﷽good starts in row! It's really difficꦛult to be consistent. The clutch feeling is always different.

“Last year I was able to be not ಌperfect, but at least quite good. In Qatar with this bike, I started very well, but [in the Portimao Sprint], unfortunately not… and still I'm missing something to be able to make the ove🥀rtakes like last year.

“But ove๊rall, I made some improvements. I feel better on the bike. I still need to find something for sure, but I'm coming.”

Bezzecchi will continue his adaptation to the GP23 in C𓆉OTA this weekend, where he finished in sixth place a year ago.