The 2022 MotoGP World Championship is now ready to finally kick off this weekend, during which the first appointment of the season will be staged with the Qatar Grand Prix. In a World Cup that will present numerous innovations on the starting grid, one of these will be represented by the rider from Rimini Enea Bastianiniready for its debut in Gresini team while remaining in the saddle of one Ducati. On the eve of the first free practice session on the Losail track, the 24-year-old expressed his feelings in view of the ignition of the engines, focusing on the impressions captured at the end of the pre-season tests and on the opponents who on his bike: “We are ready and I am happy to be here – commented – now we have to put into practice what we have understood from the tests, in which we have always been in the top positions. Historically I have always lacked qualification, but this bike seems to offer me the opportunity to do better. In general, the bikes are all close to each other; Suzuki and Honda seem to have made an excellent step forward, so it will be fun, even if it will be tough. In any case, we have an excellent team, and we can do well ”.
Still on the subject of the tests held in Sepang and Mandalika, Bastianini then indicated which were the drivers who most impressed him during the test days: “I have certainly seen a very fit Honda – he added – with Rins which seemed very fast and steady, making few mistakes. I think he can be a new opponent and a very tough one. How Ducatimoreover, we are many, and all of them very fast. It won’t be easy, plus with Marquez who is back in shape and competitive, without forgetting Fabio Quartararowho is the defending champion “. In conclusion, the 2020 Moto2 champion finally set his goals for the first race of the year: “I don’t know if it will be a GP that will see me finish in the very first places – he specified – but it will definitely be top 5. We are ready to be in the top five, I don’t know more. Of course I would like to get something more, but no one knows. Practice has not even started, and then it will also depend on the weather conditions, since we know that with the wind we struggle a little more. In any case, I think I will still be able to be fast, also because this year I want to be more strict with myself ”.
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