Franco Morbidelli: “Nothing negative” about return to scene of scary crash

Fran𒊎co Morbidelli explains his feeling about return𒉰ing to Portimao after his recent accident

Franco Morbidelli, Qatar MotoGP, 10 March
Franco Morbidelli, Qatar MotoGP, 10 March

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli re🤪turns to Portimao this weekend, the scene of h💙is concerning crash during preseason.

ꩲMorbidelli lost control of a Panigale V4S in January at the track in Portugal, a❀nd was hospitalised after being knocked unconscious.

As a result, he missed the entirety of MotoGP pres🐬eason testing and was forced to use the season-opening round in Qatar as practice on his Ducati.

This weekend’s🎃 Portuguese MotoGP, the second round of the 2024 season, offers Morbidelli his next chance to adjust to his new Pramac Ducati team.

“There is nothing negative about approaching this track,”🐎 Morbidelli said when remembering his recent crash.

“The first reason is becau♒se t൩his track is beautiful.

“I had an accident, yes. A serious🎶 accident. But such a strange accident.

“An unreplicab꧅le accident. Technically, it cannot affect my thinking.

“It was something difficult to happen again.

“Also, because I am doing what I love to do.

“There is nothing to slow my progress down at th🎀is𓆉 track.”

Morbidelli’s physical recovery from his crash in January has largely conc♛luded meaning he can ramp up his progress on the GP24, albeit late🦩r than any of his MotoGP rivals.

He said about Portimao this weekend: “We will ke♛ep going for our acclimatisation t♓o the new bike, but with much more confidence than in Qatar.

“I had a normal couple of weeks at home, and I had the chance to ride bikes. The confidence is muc🌼h more.

ꦛ“We approach this wee♌kend knowing that we have ground to recover.

“The confidence is the fact that I did two normal weeks, when I was home, instꦦead of the recovery weeks that I did between the accident and the first race.

“I had zero tests. Everything I went through, generally, in that p💟eriod…”

He added about the 💃past fortn꧂ight since Qatar: “I was willing to start normal training as soon as possible. I felt good.

“My body reacted very well. Iಌ am really pleased by ✅that.”

Morbidelli was asked about his earliest indications about the GP24, which Pecco Bagnaia won the Qatar MotoGP with, and which his teammate Jorge Martin rode to victory in the🌃 sprint.

He replied: “It needs to be ridden fast!

“Pecco and Jorge ride in faster than every other Ducati. It needs to be r🥃idden in that way.”

Morbidelli also ente♛rs the Portuguese MotoGP after news that Ducati have signed up Fermin Aldeguer for 2025.

It is expected, but unconfir🧔med, that Aldeguer will be placed in the Pramac team.

Martin’s future is expe🎶✨cted to be elsewhere, either at the factory Ducati team or a rival manufacturer.

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