Marco Bezzecchi: “So many shakes I went wide” - Aprilia Sprint pace unrewarded at Le Mans

Braking instability while in a slipstream continued to cost Marco Bezzecchi dearly at the Le Mans Sprinꦇt.

Marco Bezzecchi, 2025 French MotoGP
Marco Bezzecchi, 2025 French MotoGP

Fifth on the opening lap of the Le Mans Sprint meant 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi was finally in position to exploit the race pace Aprilia believꦜes he has possessed since pre-season testing.

But it all went wrong on lap 3 when his RS-GP became unstable when braking in the slipstream of another bik🎐e, sending him off track and down to last place.

“I went into the gravel again, and I lost the race again,” he said, having run off in simil♉ar circumstances at the previous Jerez round.

The Italian could only salvage 17th by the finish but was credited with the fourth fastest lap of the race and kept pace with the podium trio for much of the 13-lap distance. Bezzecchi was also the fastest rider on track on the final lapꩵ.

Le Mans Sprint lap times: Top 9 + Marco Bezzecchi
Le Mans Sprint lap times: Top 9 + Marco Bezzecchi

Bezzecchi said of the ‘shaking’ he experiences behind other MotoGP bikes: “We havღe to analyse the data, try to understand if I can do something different while Iꩲ'm riding and try to avoid this kind of movement from the bike.

“The problem comes more when I'm in the slipstream of someoneඣ else, because when I'm alone, I stress less the bike in braking.

“But when I am in slipstream and I have to force more ✱on the brake to stop in the same way, then the bike starts to move.

“When I was ꦆalone, I had a couple of movements, but not as big as the one I had when I went wide.”

The issue is more critical in the early stages of a race, when riders are n🔥ot only closer together, but ca꧟rrying more fuel and fresh tyres.

“At the beginning is more difficult with the full fuel tank and new tyres. But from the [Jerez] test we made a step in tꦚhat area, so the things that Aprilia did at home but also on track, helped us to improve,” he ಌexplained.

“💦But still this kind of movement - I have to understand how to manage, at least🐼 how to save a bit more, because I had so many shakes that I went wide.

“Mayb𓄧e try to stop the bike in a way which I d🎀on't yet know but I have to understand.”

Bezzecchi confirmed that techniques he had used to keep his former VR46 Ducati calౠm in such circumstances were not transferable♎ to the Aprilia.

“Natura🌳lly, the kind of things that calmed down my old bike I tried as soon as I jumped on my new bike, but these kinds of things are not working.”

Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez went on to finish as 🐼the top Aprilia rider in the Le Mans Sprint, in tenth place.

Bezzecchi was then among thosওe to correctly stick with wet tyres for the Sunday grand prix restart, but endured 𒀰two pit stops and a crash on his way to 14th place.

“Throughout the weekend, we saw great speed from Marco - unfortunately, not demonstrated by adequate results - but I’m confident that they ♍will arrive soon. Hard work al🌟ways pays off,” said Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola.

Lorenzo Savadori, continuing in place of the injured Jorge Martin - whose 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aprilia future is now uncertain - wꦕas the only rider to choose slicks before the sighting lap.

After a penalty-free bike swap to wets, Savadori finished in ninth, his best yet MotoGP result and highest grand൩ prix finish since the same position at the 2009 Italian 125GP.

Meanwhile, Johann Zarco's Honda vඣictory leaves only KTM and Aprilia without a podium so far this season. 

KTM lost a second place by Maveric🧔k Vinales in Qatar due to a tyr❀e pressure penalty.

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