Enea Bastianini Archives - Page 2 of 4

Apr282023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bastianini is thinking about the early end of the weekend in Jerez

Due to pain in his shoulder, Enea Bastianini will decide on Saturday if he will continue his performance at the race weekend in Jerez. The Ducati rider suffered a fractured shoulder blade in a sprint race in Portugal when Luca Marini crashed into him. He has already missed the last two races due to injury, but on Thursday he received medical clearance to compete in the Spanish Grand Prix. But the four-race winner struggled in free practice on Friday with an injured shoulder, ending the day in 20th place in the combined times, 1.3 seconds off the fastest time. "I'm happy to be back, but it's a day full of pain behind me," Bastianini said. "But my health is not good. The shoulder is weak and it is difficult to do many laps and to be fast. I will see how it is on Saturday morning. If it is

Apr122023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bastianini also omits Austin

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Ducati have confirmed that Enea Bastianini will miss the upcoming race weekend in Austin. Let's remember that the Italian broke his shoulder blade when he fell in the opening sprint race in Portimao when Luca Marini knocked him down while trying to overtake him. Bastianini therefore missed the main race in Portugal and the entire race weekend in Argentina. https://twitter.com/ducaticorse/status/1645904276282298368?t=AfZBh3GIkzwgx2BcKY0-aw&s=19 Wanting to return as soon as possible, this week he tested his physical fitness in Misano on the Panigale V4S Superbike motorcycle, with which he completed a few laps. After additional examinations, it was then determined that he needed some more time to recover. He will be replaced by test driver Michele Pirro at the Austin race. In a press statement, Ducati wrote:

Mar282023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bastianini does not need surgery, hopes to return in Austin

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Ducati rider Enea Bastianini hopes to return to the MotoGP paddock in Austin after doctors confirmed that surgery on a broken shoulder blade will be necessary. The Italian was injured in the first MotoGP sprint race in Portugal, where he fell thanks to Luca Marini. The injury will see him miss this weekend's race in Argentina, but he hopes the injury will be sufficiently healed to allow him to compete in the third race of the year, the US GP. He will come back with rehabilitation on Monday.

Mar252023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bastianini misses the races in Portimao and Argentina due to a broken shoulder blade

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Ducati rider Enea Bastianini will have to miss Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix and next week's race in Argentina due to a scapula injury in today's sprint race in Portugal. Bastianini suffered his injuries when he was attacked by Luca Marini and fell in the process, sweeping his VR46 racing academy teammate off the track. The Italian was transported to the medical center at the racetrack, where the first examination showed a broken collarbone, and then he was taken to the hospital for further tests. Ducati announced that Bastianini will have to miss Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix and the Argentine Grand Prix next weekend. The referees also looked at the incident between Bastianini and Marini, but did not decide on a penalty. "I took my line and leaned in a bit

Feb142023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Ducati: Racers point to the weak point of the engine

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At Ducati, they revealed that the tests in Malaysia were mostly positive for them, but before the start of the season, they have to eliminate one main weakness of the motorcycle, which both Francesco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini point out. Although the Ducati riders set the fastest times on all three days of testing at Sepang, Ducati factory team manager Davide Tardozzi says: "We are sticking to the testing plan. Some of the innovations are good, some are not. In general, we are happy with our riders, but about the new bike we won't decide until Portimao so we still have to wait. In Sepang we spent a day and a half working on the 2023 bikes and then we went back to last year's bikes to see what the difference was. (Luca) Marini, (Marco) Bezzecchi and the racer They showed Gresini that the motorcycle was still in

Jan162023 by Tomaž Strgaršek2 Comments

Pernat: Bastianini reminds me of Stoner

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After two years competing for satellite teams - first for Avintia, and last year for Gresini, Enea Bastianini will be a member of the Ducati factory team for the next two seasons, where he will share the garage with current world champion Francesco Bagnaio. Last year, Bastianini repeatedly proved that he is capable of competing equally with his new teammate. This year will certainly be no different when it comes to expecting both of them to fight for the world title. What will be their relationship and how it will affect the fight for the title is one of the main topics before the start of the new season. Bastianini has already proven that he doesn't mind the team's orders too much. Nevertheless, it must be emphasized that his maneuvers were mostly clean and that he rarely crossed the line in the fight with Bagnaio. Carlo Pernat,

Nov82022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Marini the fastest in the test in Valencia

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Luca Marini was the fastest at the test in Valencia with a time of 1:30.032. The Italian was 0,225 seconds faster than second-placed Maverick Vinales. The Spaniard was otherwise the fastest in the morning. The third time was set by Marco Bezzecchi. Among the racers who changed teams, the best today was Miguel Oliveria in fourth place ahead of Aleix Espargaro, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Brad Binder and Jorge Martin. Fabio Quartararo and Enea Bastianini completed the top ten. The French racer was the most active racer of the morning with sixty laps. He eventually stopped at number 92. World champion Francesco Bagnaia set the twelfth time ahead of Marco Marquez, who finished thirteenth as Honda's best rider. The Spaniard is disappointed in the test early for

Sep222022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia: I don't need help for the title

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Francesco Bagnaia believes he can win his first MotoGP world title this year without the help of his Ducati team-mates. The 25-year-old Italian practically wrote off this year's crown when he trailed Fabio Quartararo by more than 90 points in the championship after the German Grand Prix, but then a turnaround followed and Bagnaia is now only 10 points behind the current world champion. After the GP of Aragon, where Quartararo retired, the gap would have been even smaller if Ducati had used team orders and instructed Enea Bastianini to leave the victory to Bagna. But the Ducati camp insist that all eight of their riders, represented in four teams, have a clear path to victory, and Bagnaia says he doesn't need any help anyway. "I don't think I need help. I'd rather win on the track, not because I should

Sep182022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bastianini beats Bagnaio, Quartararo retires after collision with Marquez

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Enea Bastianini is the winner of a duel with Francesco Bagnaio in the Aragon Grand Prix, which saw Fabio Quartararo collide with Marco Marquez, after which the Frenchman retired after losing important points in the championship. Aleix Espargaro was third ahead of Brad Binder and Jack Miller in fifth. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1571529817316532225 The race started with Marquez breaking from thirteenth to sixth, when the Spaniard overtook Quartararo in the first corner, but in the third corner the rear tire went down for a moment, which surprised A Frenchman on a Yamaha who crashed into the rear of a Honda. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1571514742300090368 The championship points leader fell and his motorcycle rolled over him, but luckily

Sep172022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Aragon GP: Bagnaia starts the race from first place, Marquez out in Q1

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Francesco Bagnaia will start the motoGP race for the GP of Aragon from the best starting position, and from the front row he will be assisted by his team-mate Jack Miller in the fight for a fifth consecutive victory, and another Ducati rider, Enea Bastianini, will be standing next to them. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1571120346312458241 Aleix Espargaro was slightly better after the problems in free practice in qualifying and won the fourth place, and between him and the championship points leader Fabio Quartararo in sixth place also brought back the Frenchman on Ducati, Johann Zarco. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1571120900027686912 Ducati racers Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin also started the race in seventh and eighth place, while Alex Rins and Brad Binder were ninth and tenth. Eleven and two