Enea Bastianini’s MotoGP Thai turnaround: “With this bike I can use my strongest point”

After a shocking 𝄹Sprint, Enea Bastianini rebounded with a top-10 in the Thai MotoGP.

Enea Bastianini, 2025 MotoGP Thai Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Enea Bastianini, 2025 MotoGP Thai Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini managed a turnaround of sorts on his debut KTM MotoGP weekend, finishing ninth in the Thai Grand Prix.

Bastianini – who finished third-last in the Sprint on Saturday 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:w🧸ith a race time almost 30 seconds slower than that of last year’s edition of the Buriram half-distance race, in which he was victorious – was able to finish in the top-10 in his first full-distance race aboard the RC16, only 0.124 seconds behind KTM veteran Brad Binder in ei🀅ghth.

It was quite the overnight recovery for Tech3's Bastianini, and above his expectations.

“I think a bit better thไan I expected,” Bastia🃏nini said of his Thai Grand Prix, speaking after the race.

“It has been a good race, especially the middl𓂃e part of the race I was faster than the riderꩵs in the top-seven.

“But the import🐷ant thing was to learn and to understand compared to other riders again, and to check what is my strongest point and what is the🀅 bad one.

“I confirmed my sensation: we lose in the middle of the corner, especially in the slow ones, and after w🌺e lose 5–6kph, and for the exit it’s not good, especially when the tyrꦍe is new.”

Bastianini explained that he made the difference in the middle of the race: he was 16th until lap ♐14, but was in the top-10 by lap 22, finally passing Fabio Di Giannanto🌟nio for ninth with two laps to go.

“At the start, I tried to ride much🐎 faster, but I was too aggressive and made some mistakes,” he explained.

“In the middle of the race, I tried to be more smooth, without a lot of engine brake – I changed map – an🍎d the bike worked well compared to the first part.

“I’m happy because with this𓄧 bike☂ I’m able to use my strongest point: the last part of the race. From that side, I’m satisfied.”

Bastianini remained cautious, though, saying that he still needs to ride the bike 💖in other tracks to get a clearer picture of his relationship with the RC1🐻6.

“Now, I know better how i😼s the relationship with the bike in t🅰his track – I want to check in other tracks if it’s different, probably it can be better also,” he said.

“But my confidence during 🐈the weekend has improved. With my o🍃ld bikes it was super-easy in every track, with this one I need to understand better because it’s just the first race, but the potential can be high.

“Not at the moment like Ducati because [they a🌠re] super-fast, especially in this trac💯k has been super-fast, also Marc [Marquez] has been incredible, but we can arrive.”

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