Bola.net – Ducati Lenovo Team rider, Enea Bastianini, does not want to provide assistance to make it easier for Pecco Bagnaia to win the 2024 MotoGP world title in Sepang, Malaysia, on 1-3 November 2024. Bastianini still wants to win before leaving for Red Bull KTM Tech 3 next season.
Sepang is officially the place match point title race this season. Jorge Martin, who is 17 points ahead of Bagnaia in the standings, has the potential to lock in the world title if he manages to get 21 additional points over the weekend. If successful, he will emerge as MotoGP world champion in 2024.
In the main race in Buriram, Thailand, Sunday (27/10/2024), Marc Marquez and Bastianini only finished in 11th and 14th position respectively due to making mistakes. This bad result knocked them out of the world title race, leaving only Martin and Bagnaia.
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Pecco Bagnaia said he was not confident
Pembalap Ducati Lenovo Team, Enea Bastianini (c) Ducati Corse
“Now in the fight for the title mathematically there are only two riders left, namely Jorge and Pecco. Pecco has proven extraordinary potential. I spoke to him before the race and at first he was not too optimistic about the race,” said Bastianini to Crash.net after Bagnaia won the main race in Buriram which was drenched in rain.
“In the warm-up session, he and I were not fast, but in the end, in the race, we were competitive. He was a bit lucky, because in the first laps he was in front and this made it easier. However, in the end he persevered and won. “Now the margin is only 17 points,” he continued.
Bastianini also admitted that he was relieved that he could no longer compete for the world title, because he and Marquez both made mistakes in the race in Thailand. Now, both of them will focus on fighting for third place in the drivers’ standings.
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This is not the time to help Pecco Bagnaia
“I lost my chance to get a lot of points, because Marc also had an accident. However, when the track is wet, it’s easy to make mistakes,” said ‘Bestia’, who is in fourth place with a collection of 345 points, 11 points behind Marquez.
When asked if he would run team order If asked by the Ducati Lenovo Team to help Bagnaia, Bastianini admitted that he didn’t want to. “No, this is not the time. I also want to win in Malaysia,” concluded the 2020 Moto2 world champion.
Although we are still waiting to see which rider will become world champion, MotoGP 2024 has seen Ducati win the constructors’ world title, while Ducati Lenovo Team won the team’s world title. With this result, Ducati is also certain to hold the Triple Crown title.
Source: Crashnet
