Enea Bastianini put together h🐎is best ride of the 202🍌4 MotoGP season at Mugello, picking off Jorge Martin and Marc Marquez late on.

Third for much of the race, Bastianℱini was then p♔ushed down to fourth when Marquez eventually got through.

But that appeared ꧋to flick a switch for Bastianini, who responded just a couple of laps later as his late race pace became too much𝓡 for Marquez.

Then, Bastianini set a stunning 1m 46.2s lap o♛n the final lap to catch and pass Martin.

“It was a difficult race but I’m really happy because it was important to get a great result,” began Bastianini. 

“We have not been really lucky 🐼during this part of the season but then today’s result happened.

“When Marc overtook me I closed my eyes and ꦫpushed🃏 a bit more. I tried to overtake him again.

“In the last lap I saw that Jorge wasn’t really close to me, but he could be my target and during t🌱he last corner I ܫjust tried to do the maximum. During the middle of the corner I had much more speed.”

But could Bastianini have overtaken Bagnaia had he shown hi🌠s late race pace earlier on?

Bastianini was unsure, saying: “🌟I th🌠ink Pecco, today, was really fast. I tried to catch him many times, with Jorge and we were close to him, but every time you tried to push a bit more sometimes you would make mistakes and lose time.

“Also, we suffered a lot with the front tyre and itꦫ was not easy. In th🌜e last part of the race I can do something more.

“I can’t explain this but maybe it was possible, but probably not. I d♒on't know how close to 100% Pecco was.”

Not only was Bastianini’s P2 result his best of the season, but he overtook the two riders that are𒆙 vying for his seat next ꦐseason.

Sending a message to Duc🍎ati, but potentially other suitors if he leaves Ducati, which appears likely, Bastianini did not want to get too tangled up in talk about his future.

‘The Beast’ said: “Future, future, future - I want to think about the present. We think a lot about the future but I want to enjoy today becau♔se it hasꦛ been really difficult this period.

“I committed some mistakes b♔ut also the team has committed some mistakes, and something has happened, bu༺t today is a really beautiful day.

“Usually I’m not really happy about second place but today I’m really happy and I don’t want to think about the futღure.”