FIFTH FRONT-ROW QUALIFYING OF THE SEASON FOR A SUPERB ENEA AT SEPANG
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The fifth front row of the season for Enea Bastianini in Malaysia confirms the excellent momentum for the Italian rider, who logged the second-quickest time in today’s qualifying at Sepang. The #23, who was the fastest overall (with new track record) last February during official testing here, still managed to log an excellent 1’58.246secs and ended up behind only Jorge Martin.
In dry conditions, Bastianini has proved to have speed and pace to be a protagonist of tomorrow’s race, with the weather that will likely be the deciding factor for a title race that still hangs in the balance. Enea, who is currently fourth, 42 points behind the leader, will line up on the grid ahead of all other rivals, with the goal of getting to Valencia with a few options still open.
The Saturday on-track action for Fabio Di Giannantonio finished with Q1, as the #49 had a challenging time on day two in Malaysia. Despite a few setbacks, the Italian finished the day with an encouraging 16th position, which could help him get back in the points tomorrow.
“It was a scorching hot day today, but the feeling was very good already from the morning. We made an important step forward with the front-end, and from there on things went according to plan. We tried again the medium front tyre in FP4, which we also used in qualifying. It will be a great battle tomorrow with Jorge and it won’t be easy to go for the win. Mathematics still don’t rule us out, but I only want to think about the race.”
16th - FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO #49 (1’59.278s)
“I’m not happy, because we haven’t improved between Friday and Saturday. We made a few mistakes in today’s Free Practice and qualifying turned out to be the only positive session to try the bike. We’re starting from the back of the grid, and I hope we can address something during warm up and have a decent race.”
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