Aragon MotoGP: Best result concludes ‘perfect weekend’ for Bastianini

Enea Bastianini describes his best MotoGP result of sixth as ‘really nice because it was a perfect weekend’ in Aragon.
Enea Bastianini, Aragon MotoGP race, 12 September 2021
Enea Bastianini, Aragon MotoGP race, 12 September 2021
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Enea Bastianini heads into his home round of Misano following a season best MotoGP performance in ꦦAragon. 

The Italian rookie came from ninth - also his best qualifying position of the season to claim sixth place after p൲icking off some impressive names late on. 

During the early stages Bastianini actually lost places, however, the Esponsorama Ducati riಌder regrouped before a lengthy battle with championship leader Fabio Quartararo and Takaaki Nakagami.&💯nbsp;

After finally getting the better of the Yamaha rider for ninth, Bastianini then got past Iker Lecuona before ch🍌asing down two of the last three race winners in MotoGP. 

Bastianini made light work of Jorge Martiꩵn and then KTM rider Brad Binder who is usually the one making late race꧑ moves. 

Speaking after his best result of the season, B�ඣ�astianini added: "My feeling is really nice because it was a perfect weekend. It was important to arrive in this race. 

"It’s fant🐓astic to get this sixth place today and I battled a lot every laps with Fabio [Quartararo], with Taka [Nakagami]. 

"In the last five laps I battled with Jorge𒀰 Martin and Binder, and I arrived in front of them. 

"It’s a great resꦑult for me and also for my team. Now I’m more confident for Mis🐓ano, but we have to stay concentrated for all the week like here. 

"After we will see what we can do and if it i🐈s possible to try and do better or not.𝓰 But, I will try my best to do it again."

While his Aragon result might have come as a surprise t🌠o some, Bastianini has looked more and more comfortable in recent rounds. 

Aside from a co✱uple of crashes at Silverstone which impacted his weekend, the former Moto2 champion showed impressive speed at that venue to still come away with 12th - a result he managed at the second A▨ustrian round.

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