Misano MotoGP: Enea Bastianini: ‘Feeling so strange’ in early laps, ‘impossible’ to beat Francesco Bagnaia

Starting on the front row for the second time in as many races, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Bastianini led the early laps befo🌳re losing🍎 the lead of the Misano MotoGP to Bagnaia.
Finding it difficult to get temperature into his front tyre, Bastianini nearly crashed out of the lead at turn 14 on lap two. However, the Italian managed to avoid a repeat of what happened to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller just a few corners prior.
After settling in behind Bagnaia and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales, Bastianini soon became the fastest rider on-track 𒁃as he hunted down Bagnaia for the w𒁏in.
Discussing the early laps and why being behind another rider was more beneficial, a stark contrast to what we’ve heard from most MotoGP riders this seasoꦿn when it comes to following others, Bastianini said: "I think that behind other guys it was easier for me to put temperature in the tyre. At the start I was in the front and I had a lot of front locking, especially in the fast braking like turn #4 and #8.
"When Pecco and als♋o Maverick [Vinales] overtook me it stayed much easier🌱 to bring confidence and put temperature in the tyre.
"I don’t know ✃why [it was like that] but I worཧked a lot with the soft choice in the rear but today I chose the medium and it was too strange for me at the start."
‘Feeling so strange’ - Bastianini
In Le Mans ear🗹lier this season Bastianini’s pace proved too hot to hanꦗdle for Bagnaia, but with the Italian making zero mistakes this time around, the Gr🅰esini rider had to find a way o♔f creating a surprise overtake.
And although that very nearly happened when he set Bagnaia up on theꦰ exit of the last corner, his future team-mate resis♔ted by just 0.034s at the line.
Bagnaia added:💃 "It was difficult at the start because my feeling with the bike was so strange. It was difficult to put temperature into the tyre and after the half [race point] it was coming better.
"It stayed possible for 𝓀me to pღush and to go with Pecco [Bagnaia] and to make a gap from the other guys.
💟"In the last lap I did my best to win the race but Pecco made a b𝐆etter [job] in respect of this race.
"I’m happy⛦ about this job and doing the fastest lap in the last lap of the race which is so strange for MotoGP.
"I braked so strong and𝓀 I tried to overtake in that corner [turn four] but I decide to go wide [to avoid hitting Bagnaia]. At the end I tried again in the last corner but Pecco braked so 🥃late and it was impossible for me."

Bagnaia takes different approach to win fourth consecutive MotoGP win
Despi🔯te facing pressure for most of the race, Bagnaia was peerless in his defꦉence of the lead as he made history as the first Ducati rider to win four consecutive MotoGP race.
But unable to do it based on pure performance, Bagnaia had to use inv🐓entive lines to keep Bastianini behind.
"In the last lap I just tried to have more corner speed. I was feeling that I was without a rear 🐠tyre and rear traction," said Bagnaia.
"So I used all the corner speed and just go wide on the corner exit. For sure, in that moment Enea [Bastianini] had a really great pick up with the𝐆 medium [tyre] and he was able to put more power on the ground and accelerate more.
"My line was just to not lose in acceleration because I was feeling that if Iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ di༒d a normal line I was losing the race."