Bastianini mocks Martin: “Marquez’s overtaking closed my nerve”

The light blue completes the Ducati Factory double

Enea Bastianini it seemed destined once again to stay off the podium after overtaking Marc Marquez at San Donato, but then the ‘Beast’ responded to Marquez by also catching Jorge Martin at the last corner, completing the Ducati Factory one-two behind Bagnaia.

“This second place has a great meaning, because even if I didn’t win and they say that 2nd is the first of the losers, after a difficult period like the one I had, I needed a result like this at home. – Bastianini’s words to the microphones of Sky Sports MotoGP – the overtaking I suffered from Marquez reinvigorated me, he ‘closed my vein’ and I went back under and passed it. When I saw that I could go and get Jorge too, I believed in it and at the last corner I managed to make that nice overtaking.”

“I’m sincere: I was in a state of grace, in the sense that I felt great, as I did throughout the race, but I had a phase where I was a bit relaxed. If I can blame myself for anything it’s that moment, but the last few laps I did a bit crazy and I felt in a state of grace, I was able to do what I wanted with the bike. I told myself I could get through it, and it was kind of crazy. At the start of the race I had already been close to Jorge, I had studied him and I saw that there he always wanted to break away strong as is right to defend himself. I tried to break away hard, but the only chance I had was to stay as tight as possible at the last corner: I stayed tight, I could hear the rear saying ‘help’, but then I managed to come out strong. It was the only chance I had. When I have fun and everything is under control I perform better. I still need a little bit to try to win races, but I’ve found my form again. Barcelona was a separate chapter, at Le Mans we could be very fast, and today the bike was really good. When I’m like today I always manage to do something more.”