168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini was the fastest rider on track during the closing laps of the COTA MotoGP, as he completed an impr𝕴essive 17th to 7th recovery.

Bastianini’s second top ten of the season has put the Tech3 rider between factory riders Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta for twelfth in the early world championship standi𒉰ngs.

More importantly, Bastianini believes his COTA charge was🥃 made possible by a set-up change, rather than his renowned tyre-sav💖ing skills.

That gives the Italian optimism as he he🦩ads to another of his favourite circuits, Lusail, venue for this weekend’s Qatar round.

"We did a good step forwa🌊rd in Austin, I felt good in the race and we got a great result from 17th🐽 on the grid to 7th, and I think that we can do another step this week in Qatar,” said Bastianini, a Qatar winner for Gresini Ducati in 2022.

“Lusail is one of my favourite tracks, where we had great moments in the past, so I am really curious to go there and see how we will perform 🐓with the KTM."

Recalling Austin, Bastianini explained: “For warm-up, we changed something again on the𝄹 bike and I was confident for the race.

“In the last 4-5 laps me and Bezzecchi were the fastest riders on track and I felt ‘together🎉’ with the bike for the first time.

“In Th⭕ailand, I was fast in the race, but I rode with a lot of confidence for the first time at COTA.

“We did a great job with the team beꦫcause we 🐭did not start very well but we left very happy.”

Like most KTM riders, Bastianini has been strugꦡgling to control vibration from the rear tyre but also felt the bike lacked stability.

“Vibration has been the main problem with the bike,” he confirmed. “But also one of the worst problems was the stability, it was so difficult for me t📖o push.

“It happened also⛄ ♛[in the COTA race] but just at the start. When the tyre grip dropped it was coming better.”

Yet to break the top five in a꧂ny race so far this season, &nbs❀p;KTM has a decent recent record at Qatar, including last year’s double podium by Brad Binder.

"[Qatar] is a track that usually suits our bike, and last season, t🐈here was a KTM♑ on both sprints and race podiums," said Tech3 team manager Nicolas Goyon.

“Both Enea Bastianini and Maverick Viñales are arriving from Austin with an 🗹improved feeling 𝔉on the bike.

“Enea scored his best KTM result, a🐎nd has most importantly felt better and more in control on the🐼 KTM.

“In addition, both of 𝐆them had some important aerodynamics tests last week, which wi⛄ll for sure help them find extra speed.

“All in one, I am confident that they will both arrive in Doha with a lot of✤ motivation, and we can’t𓂃 wait to get back on track with them."

Team-mate Mave💯rick Vinales is also a former Qatar MotoGP winner, in🍬 2017 and 2021 for Yamaha.