Enea Bastianini bid farewell to Sachsenring with the fourth place in sunday’s race and there was a point in which he actually believed he could have got to the podium. The moment he understood it was all lost was when he battled with Franco Morbidelli, because there were others that took advantage of with that and got away.
The Ducati Lenovo Team rider, that will leave the team at the end of the season to join GASGAS Tech3 spoke about the sunday at German GP, saying he was aiming for the podium place but ended up losing too much time in a very specific battle on track:
– At Sachsenring it is difficult to predict tyre wear, especially at the limit, but it was like that for everyone. I had difficulties at the exit of turns 8 and 10 and throughout the race I lost time on that section of the track. Despite this, I was confident of finishing on the podium. Then, when there was a fight with Morbidelli, I realized that I had lost the opportunity to fight for the podium and Marc [Márquez] had already distanced himself.
Bastianini also addressed the new to have a better qualification: ‘The goal was the podium, the pace was good but I have to start further forward on the grid, because it is impossible that way I don’t know, maybe yes. When I did a lap alone with no one in front I did a 1:21.100s after 20 laps, but if you start from behind you can’t easily fight for victory’.
The italian is currently fourth in the overall standings, 11 behind Marc Márquez, third.