Pecco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini arrive in Sepang with hearts full of determination after their contrasting performances at the Thailand Grand Prix. The Asian event was rich in lessons for the Lenovo Ducati riders, with moments of glory and challenges to overcome.
bastianini shone in the race Saturday sprint, imposing itself with panache alongside George Martin and his teammate bagnaia, who completed the podium. However, Sunday's race was more testing for "The Beast", who crashed, finishing in fourteenth position. Despite this disappointment, he heads to Malaysia with renewed motivation.
The stakes are high for bagnaia, who arrives in Sepang with a delay of only seventeen points on Martin, the championship leader. His victory in Thailand, marked by rainy conditions, was all the more significant because it was his first victory in the wet. I had never won a race in the wet., and that's why Sunday's victory was also very important in view of another weekend like in Sepang where the weather is unknown ", did he declare.
Pecco Bagnaia: “ We have always been fast here, but our rivals will be too »
This performance allows him to make up crucial points in the battle for the title. He also underlines the importance of staying focused on each session: " We have always been fast here, but our rivals will be too »
To bastianini, the objective is completely different: to fight for third place in the General classification, with Marc Marquez on his heels. The gap between them is small, only eleven points. After one Thailand With a bittersweet taste, he recalls his victory last year in Sepang with nostalgia. I thought I could have fought for the podium if I hadn't crashed in Buriram ", he admits, aware of the need to refocus and give the best of himself.
The two pilots Ducati are preparing to enter the final stretch of the season, with the pressure and excitement that comes with every decisive race. Their performance in Sepang could well decide the fate of their respective ambitions, as the tension mounts and the championship MotoGP enters its final phase.
