Enea Bastianini is still injured, thus missing the MotoGP Japanese GP. Michele Pirro will replace him once again, despite the difficulties he faced last weekend in India.
The current Ducati test rider anticipates a different and more favorable scenario at Motegi, as he said in a press release:
– I am happy to be able to race another Grand Prix with the Ducati Lenovo Team. The Indian GP last week was quite difficult: it was a new track, and I suffered a lot physically because of the heat. Now we are going to Japan, a track that we know and of which we have more data available, so I hope I can make up for it and give more satisfaction to the team.