2023-08-07 18:49:48
“I’m not satisfied with how the race and the weekend went in general. We made a lot of changes to the bike to try and be ready for Sunday’s race and do more, but it didn’t help. It was such a difficult race, I was only strong at the hard braking points, not on the rest of the track,” said Enea Bastianini following the British Grand Prix. “And in the end I had contact with Marc.”
The TV images might not resolve the exact dynamics of the incident in the 15th of 20 laps because only footage from Marc Márquez’ onboard camera might be seen. In any case, there was a touch in turn 11, the Repsol Honda star crashed immediately, Bastianini’s race was then run early in the 15th turn less later.
From the Ducati pilot’s point of view, it happened like this: “Marc touched me at the entrance to turn 11 and fell. I think something must have happened to the bike. The rear tire also had a cut and that’s probably why I crashed. When I tried to brake at Turn 15, it was impossible to brake the bike. I went straight ahead and fell.”
At the time, last year’s third in the World Championships was only 10th. The “Bestia” had actually hoped to finally heal the following-effects of the flat fracture in the summer and to be able to fight for podium places once more at the beginning of the second half of the season. The injury is now completely over, he assured.
“The main problem at the moment is how I feel on the bike, it feels like I’m sitting on a chopper. That’s not good for the steering behavior, “explained the new Ducati factory driver. “We tried something on the shock absorber and tried to make changes to the bike. Maybe we need a more drastic change though – like Pecco, he also changed the set-up a lot compared to last year’s bike. But I still need time to understand it better. It was important that I did 16 laps, now my team has more data to work with. But I don’t know if it can be done in a short time.”
Last year, Bastianini won four races on the Ducati GP21 in Gresini colors. “Last year the feeling was normal. But the new bike is completely different, the engine is different,” said the 25-year-old Italian, looking at the GP23. “Physically I’m okay now, but the bike is so nervous, that’s why I’m not really relaxed in the saddle.”
MotoGP Results, Silverstone (6th August):
1. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, 20 Runden in 40:40.367 min
2. Bagnaia, Ducati, + 0.215 sec
3. Binder, KTM, + 0,680
4. Oliveira, Aprilia, + 0.750
5. Viñales, Aprilia, +2,101
6. Martin, Ducati, +7,903
7. Marini, Ducati, + 9,099
8. Miller, KTM, + 9,298
9. Zarco, Ducati, +9,958
10. Raúl Fernández, Aprilia, + 19,947
11. Augusto Fernández, KTM, + 20,296
12. Pol Espargaró, KTM, + 1:06.120 min
13. Di Giannantonio, Ducati, + 1:27,605
14. Morbidelli, Yamaha, + 1:28,913
15. Quartararo, Yamaha, + 1:29,075
16. Nakagami, Honda, + 1:38,573
17. Lecuona, Honda, + 1:49,674
– Bastianini, Ducati, 4 laps down
– Marc Marquez, Honda, 6 laps down
– Bezzecchi, Ducati, 15 laps down
– Alex Marquez, Ducati, 15 laps down
– Mir, Honda, 18 laps back
MotoGP Results Sprint, Silverstone (5th August):
1. Alex Márquez, Ducati, 10 Runden in 21:52,317 min
2. Bezzecchi, Ducati, + 0.366 sec
3. Vinales, Aprilia, +3,374
4. Zarco, Ducati, +5,671
5. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, + 6,068
6. Martin, Ducati, +7,294
7. Miller, KTM, + 9,415
8. Augusto Fernández, KTM, +9.850
9. Binder, KTM, + 10,435
10. Oliveira, Aprilia, +11,247
11. Marini, Ducati, + 17,365
12. Di Giannantonio, Ducati, +20.063
13. Bastianini, Ducati, +24.352
14. Bagnaia, Ducati, +25.527
15. Morbidelli, Yamaha, +27,191
16. Pol Espargaro, KTM, +27,693
17. Mir, Honda, +29.062
18. Marc Marquez, Honda, +29,326
19. Raul Fernandez, Aprilia, +29,627
20. Nakagami, Honda, +29,909
21. Quartararo, Yamaha, +30,326
22. Lecuona, Honda, + 47,674
Championship status following 18 of 40 races:
1. Bagnaia, 214 Punkte. 2. Martin 173. 3. Bezzecchi 167. 4. Binder 131. 5. Zarco 122. 6. Aleix Espargaró 107. 7. Marini 107. 8. Miller 90. 9. Alex Márquez 75. 10. Viñales 75. 11. Quartararo 65. 12. Morbidelli 59. 13. Augusto Fernández 49. 14. Rins 47. 15. Oliveira 40. 16. Di Giannantonio 37. 17. Nakagami 34. 18. 18. Bastianini 18. 19. Marc Márquez 15. 20. Raúl Fernández 14. 21. Pedrosa 13. 22. Savadori 9. 23. Folger 9. 24. Pirro 5. 25. Mir 5. 26. Petrucci 5. 26. Bradl 5. 27. Pol Espargaró 4.
Constructors’ Championship:
1.Ducati, 317 Punkte. 2. KTM 172. 3. Aprilia 153. 4. Honda 89. 5. Yamaha 84.
Team World Cup:
1. Prima Pramac Racing, 295 Punkte. 2. Mooney VR46 Racing 274. 3. Ducati Lenovo Team 242. 4. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 221. 5. Aprilia Racing 181. 6. Monster Energy Yamaha 124. 7. Gresini Racing 112. 8. LCR Honda 84. 9. GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3, 62. 10. CryptoDATA RNF 58. 11. Repsol Honda 20.
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