Franco Morbidelli: “Nothing negative” about return to scene of scary crash

Franco Morbidelli🃏 explains his feeling about returning to Portimao after h๊is recent accident

Franco Morbidelli, Qatar MotoGP, 10 March
Franco Morbidelli, Qatar MotoGP, 10 March

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Morbidelli returns to Porti♛mao this weekend, the scene of his ꦿconcerning crash during preseason.

Morbidelli lost control of a Panigale V4S in January at the track in Portu🐼gal, and was hospitalised after being knocked unconscious.

As a result, he missed the entirety of MotoGP preseason testing and was forced to use the season-opening round in Qatar as practice on his Du𒆙cat♏i.

This weekend’s Portuguese Moto꧑GP, the second round of the 2024 season, offers Morbide🎐lli his next chance to adjust to his new Pramac Ducati team.

“There is nothing negative about approaℱching this track,” Morbidelli said when rememberin𒈔g his recent crash.

“The🐼 first reason is because this track is beautiful.

“I had an accident, ⭕yes. A serious accident. But such a🍒 strange accident.

“An unrep♐licable accident. Technically, it cannot affect my thinking.

“It was something difficult to happen again.

“Also, because I am doing what I love to do.

“There iꦦs nothing to slow my progress do🐼wn at this track.”

Morbidelli’s physical recovery from his crash in January has large🐻ly concluded meaning he can ramp up his progress on the GP24, albeit later than any of his MotoGP rivals.

He said about Portima꧙o this weekend: “We will keep going for our acclimatisation to the new bike,🅰 but with much more confidence than in Qatar.

“I had a normal couple of weeks at home, and I had 🐻the chance to ride bikes. The confidence is much ꦛmore.

“We approach 🎐this weekend knowing that we have ground🐷 to recover.

“The confidence is the fact that I did two normal weeks, when I was hom💞e, instead of the recovery weeks that I did between the accident and the first race.

“I had zero tests. E𒀰verything I went through, generally, in𝔉 that period…”

He added about the past fortnight since Qatar: “I was willing to start normal traini𒀰ng as soon as posꦍsible. I felt good.

“My body reacted very well. I am really pleased by 🐲that.”

Morbidelli wa🍎s♔ asked about his earliest indications about the GP24, which Pecco Bagnaia won the Qatar MotoGP with, and which his teammate Jorge Martin rode to victory in the sprint.

He replied: “It needs to be ridden fast!

“Pecco and Jorge ride in faster than every other Ducati. It needs to bꦓe ridden in that way.”

Morbidelli 🌌also enters the Portuguese MotoGP after ꦯnews that Ducati have signed up Fermin Aldeguer for 2025.

It is expected, but unconfirmed, that Al𝕴deguer will be placed in the Pramac team.

Martin’s future is expected to be elsewhereꦜ, either at the factory Ducati team or a rival manufacturer.

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