The Gresini team rider from Romagna is happy for 2nd place on the grid: “The winter work has been rewarded. The boss would be happy. The race? We will have fun”. The poleman: “We need a step for the race”. The Honda champion: “We are further ahead than we expected, but the Suzuki are very strong”
05 March
– losail (qatar)
Enea Bastianini is one of the protagonists of the MotoGP qualifying for the Qatar GP. The second place behind Jorge Martin is almost worth a victory, a great way to start the season for the Team Gresini rider from Romagna: “And I think that if the boss were there he would be happy”, the beautiful dedication to Fausto Gresini, who passed away due to the Covid on February 23 last year. But whose spirit always lives in his team.
a step at a time
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“I am happy with this front row – said Enea, the first of his career in MotoGP – for now we have put the qualifying in place, the weekend has started well, we have also been fast on the pace and the satisfaction is having been good also on the One lap, we missed it. Too bad only for the penultimate corner which was not perfect, maybe I could have done even better. We are proceeding one step at a time anyway, I am very happy for the team and I think the boss would be happy if he were here with us “.
we are fast in many
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As for the race Bastianini does not fly too many flights with the imagination but wants to have fun: “This front row is the result of a good job in the winter on the fast lap – he said – 2nd place is good, maybe I could have done better but the race matters little, we can do well even though we are fast and it won’t be easy. We will have fun. The tires? I have no answers, both compounds have pros and cons. If I have more awareness? I have great support from the team and from Ducati, the climate allows me to do all this, we have to go on like this and have fun. “
Martin speaks
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Jorge Martin enjoys pole position, a great coup for the Ducati Pramac. “We are fast at least on the flying lap – said the Spaniard – I am confident even if we have to take a step for the race. We are in the race for the podium, even if I aim higher, I hope we can find a further step to go further. strong, maybe on the electronics to better manage the end of the race. I’m happy for the team who worked so hard in the winter and we hope it will be a good starting point for tomorrow, today the strategy was good “.
speaks marquez
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Meanwhile, the most dangerous customer for everyone has begun to be reviewed in the top positions. We are talking about Marc Marquez, in the front row with the third fastest time: “I’m happy – said the Honda Spaniard – we looked for the lap and saw that the pace was good even with used tires. I think the race will be in a group, Suzuki makes fear even if we have to understand why he didn’t do the FP4 so well. I’m happy, but the race is tomorrow and we still need something because in Qatar my slippery riding doesn’t work, I need more distance, in FP4 I changed the bike and the pace is good, but not quite yet, however the first two rows are important and we are there. To win? Here for me the podium is a victory, you have to manage many things, the Suzuki are strong, we will see in the race and we try to do 100%. It’s only the first race, we are not the fastest but we will try to do well. Are the Yamahas cut out? Their pace is good, but if you start behind it is tough. We are better than we expected here in Qatar “.
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