Enea Bastianini reminded the MotoGP front runners that he still has what it takes to top the table today at Chang. In a dominant performance Enea Bastianini topped the Thai grand prix sprint race beating championship leader Jorge martin by just under 1.5 seconds. Despite a better start, Bagnaia lost out on move from Martin in to turn 1 and would eventually settle for P3 in the race. Bagnaia had a bit of an off which saw him drop to P5 momentarily and it was a scrap to get back to the podium places. In the commotion Bastianini put his head down and charge forward forming a gap ahead of the squabble behind.
“It was a great race,” said Bastianini. I took advantage of (Jorge) Martin’s mistake at turn one as I saw he had hit the brakes very late, and I knew he couldn’t make the turn stick. I then tried to pull away a little in the first two-three laps and managed to do so, and from then on things were a lot easier – even though the others were never too far behind for the whole race. In the end we managed to take the win in a much more comfortable way than we expected, even though it’s never easy.”
Martin expressed his frustrations saying “It has been a very difficult race. I made a good start, but at the first turn, I lost a position to avoid an accident. Then, I had to push more than expected and overtake riders like Acosta and Pecco, who are really strong on the brakes, which was complicated. It has been a good Sprint, but I know that tomorrow more riders will improve, and it is essential to start well, keep calm, and do our best.”
Sprint Race Results