MotoGp, Ducati: Enea Bastianini wants to surprise again

Enea Bastianini starts 2024 by winning the front row in Qatar

The results of the qualifying session of the Qatar Grand Prix of the MotoGp class give fans and insiders a Enea Bastianini fighting for the top positions: in fact, the rider from Romagna took the third position on the grid, with a best time slower by only 86 thousandths than the pole position of Jorge Martin.

Bastianini promotes his Ducati

"I’m very happy – said 'Beast' to the microphones of 'Sky Sport', on the sidelines of Q2 at the Lusail circuit -. Two things have pleased me: the result itself; and the ability to go strong all weekend, at least so far. Maybe we are missing one last small step, let’s see in the Sprint Race and in the race".

For Bastianini, Saturday’s mini-race will be as important as the Gp: "This track canò create many problems to the front and I have been very careful on it – he said -. For now è everything ok but the Sprint Race è decisive to understand well how the race should be approached. The pace? I think I can fight for the positions that count".

Great hopes for 2024, after a 2023 to forget

Bastianini scatterà from third box on the grid in Qatar, behind the'author of the pole, Jorge Martin (Ducati Prima Pramac) and Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia). Another personal satisfaction è that of having kept behind his teammate, the reigning world champion Pecco Bagnaia, who will drive his Ducati Desmosedici GP24 from fifth position.

The 2024 for Enea Bastianini è a year of high hopes, after a 2023 to forget: in fact, last year, accomplice a series of physical problems, he had to skip well nine Grand Prix, emerging only in the season finale thanks to the beautiful victory in the Gp Malaysia in Sepang.