Enea Bastianini Encounters a Well-Known Bestia-Ducati Problem
Categories: MotoGP
Even after his shoulder injury, Enea Bastianini continues to struggle with the GP23. The Italian encounters a familiar problem that already held him back in 2022.
After suffering a serious shoulder injury in the first sprint of the year in Portimao, Enea Bastianini has been slow to get back into the MotoGP rhythm.
Although not much can be expected from him after a fractured scapula, Bastianini admits to a lack of feeling “like [he] had last season”.
“I still don’t have what allows you to do something extra in the race,” he told GPOne.com. “In the race [German Grand Prix] I saw that I was struggling to overtake.”
The 2022 World Championship bronze medallist continues to search for more front-end feeling, a problem that despite performing incredibly well already haunted him last season.
"Not at full fitness yet"
“Every time I tried to overtake they immediately crossed me and I could not close off the corner. I’m still lacking feeling on the front.”
Still being in recovery mode a bit, the Italian wants to fully attack again after the summer break in Silverstone as he is “not at full fitness yet”.
Although his physical condition has improved a lot, Bastianini confirms he is not at the same level as before the incident yet.
His magnificent performance at the Sachsenring, where Bastianini finished eighth was all the more astonishing.
“I feel much better physically and I finished quite well at the end of the race, without being too exhausted.”
“I was hoping it would go a little better at the start, but I got bottled in a little bit and I wasn’t able to get back up the field.”
“In the end it went pretty well and the second half of the race went as I expected.”
