Marco Melandri helping Axel Bassani: ‘I have a lot of experience to help him’

Marco Melandri was a keen observer at the Catalunya WorldSBK test after serv🤪ing as a rider coach for Axel Bassani.

Axel Bassani
Axel Bassani

A 22-time WorldSBK race winner, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Melandri was in attendance to act as a rider coach for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Axel Bassani although no𝔉 confirmation as to whether this will be a permanent deal has been made.

Melandri was one of the stro🌜ngest WorldSඣBK riders on his day, and proved that by being able to beat the likes of Tom Sykes, Chaz Davies and Jonathan Rea. 

Bassani, who left Ducati to become a factory r💟ider at Kawasaki is one of the most talented riders on the current𝓀 WorldSBK grid.

However, his adaptation to the ZX10-RR has proved difficult, but ꦛMelandri𒅌 is not worried.

“His speed and talent are there; he has good p🌜otential,” Melandri told WorldSBK.com. “He's faster during the race than the test but I think they’ve done a great job.

“Every time he💯 tested something, he could understand what was working and what wasn’t, so this is very important to improve day by day. He can achieve good results.

“Every bik🔥e is working in the same way; more or less, when you modify something, they’🅰re the same and their characteristics are the same as each other. 

“That’sܫ why I think I have a lot of experience that I can transfer to help him. I see him like a sponge; every time I spotted something on track, he was taking it on board for the next ౠrun. 

“It 🎶looks like he takes information well. His motivation is very high and this is a very good point; it’s not always easy so you have to keep it very high.

“♉His riding style is a good aspect too. He needs time to adapt as he comes from Ducati♒ and it’s a different kind of bike. He’s working in a good way.”

In terms of the Catalunya test, Bassani was only 15th fastest as he finished 1.3 seconds down on Nicolo Bulega’s top time🍰.

Bassani added: “During the day, it was th🤪e same as day one; yesterday: we found something in the last three laps which is good because finalꦜly, we arrived with a race tyre to do a really good lap, better than with the SCQ.

“We need to start from here to understand thing💜s for the race weekend. It’s not e🎶asy but it’s part of the job; we are here, we need to test and we’re doing it.

“We found some confidence with the front but we have to work a lot on the rear wit✱h the turning on the bike. We’re losing a lot of time in the long corners. 

“I’m looking to 💞do a good Superpole because if you start in P15 or P16, then it’s impossible to fight with the top guys.

“If we start⭕ from row two or three, we can fight for a good position.”

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