Enea Bastianini explains cause of crash in Japanese MotoGP practice

Ducati rider fell at Turn 14 on Friday in Motegi

Enea Bastianini
Enea Bastianini

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini crashed on Friday in practice fo💯r the Japanese MotoGP a🍬t Motegi.

Friday belonged to KTM who followed up news of Aki Ajo’s appo🍷intment as 2025 team boss with Brad Binder going fastest in practice.

Factory Ducati rider Bastianini was fifth while teammate and MotoGP champion Pecco Bagnaia was seventh. Bagnaia topp💮ed the morning timesheet.

Bas🎀tianini was running smoothly until a Turn 14 crash. He returned and recovered from 17th to second, before being displaced by three places.

“It was a🍃 quitꦑe complicated day,” explained Bastianini.

“I struggled a bit at the beginning: I couldn’t get up to speed in the morning and then in the afternoon things seemed to be goin꧅g the sa🍨me way.

“We made a set up change that was helping, but then I cra♏shed as my foot got stuck while shifting to second gear, ending up in fourth gear and losing the front-end.

“Followi﷽ng the crasꩲh, I turned my attention to the time attack.

“I used the first tyre to get the right feeling and then I pushed in the final m🦋inutes, setting a strong 🐻lap-time.

“It was important to be iꦿn Q2, but my pace right now is not among the be😼st.”

Bastianini is 75 points from cham🉐pionship leader Jorge Martin. Bagnaia, second in the championship, is 21 points behind Martin.

“It was a very positive day,” Bagnaia said.

“We got off to a good start and I felt💜 much better with the bike straight away.

“This is a track that suits my riding style well; we did an excellent job and we improved throughout theꦡ day especially in sector three, wher🌼e I had always struggled a little.

“Too bad𒅌 for endi🌺ng up wide at turn 11 during the final quick-lap attempt. It was key to find a good pace and to finish in the top ten, so I’m happy. We’ll need to make another step forward tomorrow, but we’re in the right direction.”

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