The Pata Yamaha rider was a contender to finish ahead of six-time WorldSBK ch🅰ampion Jonathan Rea in the championship for much of the season before eventually missing out on third.

A very st𒁏rong start to the season🐲 was backed up with consistent top tens and further podiums during the closing rounds.

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However, Locatelli felt as though wins could have been possible at the beginning of the season, which is why he belie🤡ves there’🌌s more to come in 2024.

“Honestly, I would like to restart from zero because during🍷 the season I understood a lot of my mistakes and lost, especially in t🐬he beginning of the season, the possibility to fight for wins like in Phillip Island and Indonesia where we were really fast,” said Locatelli when summing up his 2023 season to WorldSBK.com. 

“But ꧃it’s part of the experience so I want to look for🅘ward to next season.”

Locatelli was at times able to match Toprak Razgatlioglu for pace, something very few people𝕴 have done in WorldSBK since 2020, let alone someone 🐎on the same machinery.

But Locatelli did just that on occasion and put it down to the constant proಞgression that ൲was being made every weekend.

Locatelli said: “I think it was my progression. Every weekend we learned something, we improved the bike and everything and in the last three rounds especially, from Magny-Cours [onwards] we improved a lot and show🅷ed our potential.”