“In that point I was more confident to go directly on the line and, well, I was much faster.”
Enea Bastianini was on the podium in the Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP Sprint for the seventh Saturday race in succession, taking second place from Jorge Martin on the final lap.
Turn five is a notorious corner at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya because it is the second left-hander of the lap, and the first one where the riders brake while entering, because turn two comes immediately after turn one at the end of the front straight. “If it is cold and you have the full hard option , yes, but now we have the double compound — on the left side is softer than the medium — so it’s much better than the past now, so to try an overtake there is okay, no problem.”
Aside from Bastianini’s turn five pass, he and Martin exchanged positions on multiple occasions at turn one, including on one occasion where Bastianini was pushed marginally off-track by martin on the outside of the first corner. Bastianini, in particular, was strong at the end. It’s historically been a trait of the Italian, but a strong point that had vanished somewhat in the recent flyaway races.
“But today, yes, the last two or three laps the bike worked well, and also the grip was a bit more on the edge .”
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