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Enea Bastianini returns to Misano after missing the GP in 2023 due to an injury suffered in Barcelona. In 2022 he had been beaten only by Bagnaia on this track, while in 2021 he enjoyed his first podium in MotoGP in a comeback. In short, one can define Misano as a friendly track for Enea, which perhaps comes at just the perfect time.
In fact, the Beast did not experience a good weekend in Aragon, probably due to a grid position that penalized him so much despite his excellent race pace. For this reason, the watchword in Misano will be to enter Q2 and try to snatch a place at least in the first two rows of the grid, a result largely within his reach. It will be necessary to interpret the free practice session in the best way possible to win Q2 right away and then give his best so as not to risk seeing the rainbow train move irreparably away.
You have always made podiums here in MotoGP.
"Let's see, I'd say it's early to already think about the podium. However, I am happy to race here in Misano, in 2023 I missed it because of the injury. It's certainly one of my favorite tracks, because it's really close to where I live. Then I am always very fast here, I train a lot on this track. I think I can be competitive but also that Jorge, Pecco and Marc will be very strong. In Silverstone it was great to ride very well from Friday morning and I would love to find those feelings here as well. In Aragon something didn't work from the beginning, maybe because the asphalt affected the feeling so much. Here I know everything will be more natural."
Maybe the title dream can still be cultivated.
"I think there are still many races to go, so the important thing will be to stay focused for the rest of the season. I like the tracks that are missing, we race twice here in Misano. I would say that we will have to be well before the round on the Asian tracks. Actually so far simply Martìn and Bagnaia have been more consistent than me, that's why they are ahead. I watch race by race what happens, but obviously as long as the math keeps me in the game I don't give up."
What did you miss?
"Pecco and Jorge are always on top, in every single race. Sometimes I am erratic and my goal between now and the end of the year is just to find that kind of consistency. But now I'm 71 points behind, only you can never say never."
For Misano, do you plan to change your approach to the race weekend?
"Every race the goal is always the same, which is to be at your best from the start and have good feelings immediately. This leads you to stay in front during the weekend, I would like to find myself here like in Silverstone. Sometimes we start from the base that we know but we don't find ourselves well, because the asphalts are not always the same, the conditions are different. But this is a track that I know very well, so I think those who train here some small advantage can have. I actually haven't trained here that much this year. It's certainly a friendly track on which I've historically always gone strong, and that will be able to help me."
Do you think Friday or Saturday is more crucial?
"Definitely Saturday will be the decisive moment, but already on Friday you get very clear ideas. Today it is very important to go strong right away, to be in Q2 from Friday and not to make mistakes. One thing I'm carrying around a little bit instead is that maybe I overdo it in the time attack, or I make some small mistakes and so I end up in Q1."
Compared to Jorge and Pecco do you think you also lack speed or just consistency?
"As pure speed I am always aligned, sometimes even better than them on race pace. Let's say I don't lack speed, but only consistency but above all explosiveness. This is the aspect on which I struggle the most."
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