Francesco Bagnaia primed for “intense days” at preseason Portimao test before “final decision” on Ducati fairing
The 2022 Desmosedici was the best machinery on the grid and powered Bagnaia from a 91꧅-point defic🧜it to pip reigning champion Fabio Quartararo on the final day.
Ominously, Ducati are focused on gett𒀰ing off to a better start this season rather than being fꦺorced to mount another comeback.
"We are now very close to the first race of the season, and so this test will be crucial,” said Bagnai☂a ahead of the preseason test in Por🔥timao.
“In Sepang, we managed to do a good job and bring the new bike to the same level as last year's꧋. We are very close to being 100%, and I am sure we will be abꦗle to complete our work here.
“Portimao is a very different trackಞ from Sepang, and, of course, so a𓄧re the weather conditions.
🌊“So it will be crucial to try the different fairings tested in Malaysia again to have more data to a𒅌nalyse before making a final decision.
“We will also have to work on the race w𒈔eekend, especially the sprint race. It will be two intense days, but I am ready and excit🍃ed to return to work."
After the Sepang test, Bagnaia reported back: “The fairing was the same thing. It is totally different, a different effect on the ground, so you hav🅠e to do a different thing when riding.
“It was better inဣ the braking, this is already a good thing for Ducati. In the long corners, I have to understand. It is good to test here because there a𒈔re a lot of long corners. There is great potential.”
One of t🔜he biggest threats to Bagnaia’s MotoGP championship this seaso♔n is likely to come from the opposite side of the same garage.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini earned a call-up from Gresini Racing and, even with his factory seat assured, he showed willingness to fight🍒 Bagnaia wheel-to-wheel last season.
Bastianini won the second-most amount of races behind only the🤡 champ༒ion.
"I am happy to get back on track this weekend and return to work to prepare for the new season,” Bastianꦫini said.
“We are now practically two weeks away from the first race, and I can't🍒 ♈wait!
“Although we completed a good part of ou🍷r program in Sepang, two very intense days await us here.
“It will be important to repeat some of the tests we did in Malaysia to have different data to compare. In addition, we will need to 𝄹start working on 𒊎fine-tuning the bike for the race and simulate a sprint race to understand how we will have to approach this year. We hope to find good weather on both days."
Bastianini said about after the Sepang te🍷st: “The potential of the new bike is good so I am confid🧸ent.
“It is better. For me𓂃, it has a little bit more power. The bike is very similar to the old one, but with more potential.”
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