March 24, 2024
Dirck Edge
The Ducati Lenovo Workforce scored a second-place end within the Portuguese GP race courtesy of Enea Bastianini, who put collectively a superb efficiency that noticed him in shut proximity to the race lead as much as the chequered flag. Francesco Bagnaia was out of competition with three laps to go whereas battling for fifth place due a coming collectively at flip 5.
Bastianini confirmed a persistently fast race tempo all through the 25-lap race. After setting the quickest lap of the encounter in 1:38.685secs – new race lap file at Portimão – Enea moved as much as second place firstly of the ultimate lap, securing his maiden podium of the season.
After being a part of the battle for the rostrum within the early phases, Bagnaia spent many of the encounter in a strenuous effort to defend fourth place. With three laps left, a coming along with Marc Márquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP) and the next crash at flip 5 resulted in an early finish to Pecco’s race, who was working in fifth place.
The Ducati Lenovo Workforce shall be again in motion on April 12-14 at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas for the third Grand Prix of the 2024 season.
Enea Bastianini (#23 Ducati Lenovo Workforce) – 2nd“It was an excellent battle. I by no means stopped believing till the top, however Jorge Martín pushed very exhausting and did an ideal race, so I needed to accept second. It is a particular end result for me, as Portimão isn’t amongst my favorite tracks. Certainly, it’s a extremely nice circuit, however previous to this weekend I had by no means been in a position to be actually robust right here. The three of us on the entrance did some push and pull all through the race, however in the long run the win was an not possible process immediately. Having Maverick (Viñales) forward of me made my life a bit extra difficult as he was actually robust within the fourth sector, and I used to be by no means in a position to get shut sufficient to him in the remainder of lap. Issues could have been simpler had I been in entrance of him, however I used to be a bit nervous within the opening lap and made just a few too many errors. I want to thank the group and my household for his or her assist as a result of it wasn’t simple to return to prime positions after such an advanced 2023 season.”
Francesco Bagnaia (#1 Ducati Lenovo Workforce) – DNF“I received an excellent begin however sadly selected the fallacious line at flip three: I closed the road a bit, whereas the skin would have been a better option. I needed to overhaul Enea within the early laps as I noticed him having a little bit of a troublesome time, however in some unspecified time in the future, I began experiencing an absence of grip on the rear-end which prevented me from pushing as exhausting as I needed. We weren’t at our greatest and it’s clear we couldn’t discover the right resolution, despite the fact that the sensation was excellent each yesterday and this morning. It’s a pity; we’ll now concentrate on the subsequent race as after the warmup I felt I had the potential to battle on the entrance – however we weren’t in a position to capitalise. I’m notably sorry as a result of we now have labored effectively, however we had been lacking one thing in immediately’s race.”
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