Enea Bastianini’s coach, Carlo Pernat, revealed the reason why Bastianini has often upset Francesco Bagnaia. Pernat instead asked the producer Borgo Panigale for a bonus!
In Sunday’s MotoGP race in Malaysia (23/10/2022), Bastianini bravely overtook Bagnaia for first place. This made the Ducati boss nervous, even though Bagnaia eventually won the race.
Carlo Pernat was sprayed by Ducati Sporting Director Paolo Ciabatti because his rider attacked Bagnaia. Pernat was reminded to achieve Ducati’s main goal, which was to make Bagnaia the world champion.
The man who once managed Marco Simoncelli, Loris Capirossi defended Bastianini. Because there is a goal that Bastianini wants to achieve, which is to finish third as the best MotoGP rider in 2022.
“Enea still wants to move up to third place in MotoGP. This is the goal (at MotoGP Malaysia) and also in Valencia in the next two weeks,” said Pernat, quoted by Speedweek, on Monday (24/10/2022).
Also, Pernat asked Ducati for a bonus for Bastianini. Because Bastianini is willing to put his personal wishes aside for the good of the producer.
Pernat revealed the “Beast” racing style which was initially aggressive but slowed down the attack in the last five laps. Enea’s bike started to have traction problems in the middle of the race. He didn’t want to take the risk of hurting Bagnaia.
“Under normal circumstances Enea would have tried to overtake on the last lap. Maybe he would have made a disaster, I don’t know. But he didn’t take that risk. That’s why we are now asking Ducati for a bonus for third place in MotoGP, even if he only finishes fourth in MotoGP! ” Pernat said.
Pernat added that Ducati will hold talks on this additional bonus in the coming days.
“Bagnaia now has 23 points clear of Fabio, who is very strong, although I don’t see him finishing in the top three in Valencia,” predicted Carlo Pernat.
“There are basically two races going on right now. Bagnaia against Quartararo and Bastianini against Aleix Espargaró. Now it’s about money. After all, Ducati has to guarantee us money for third place in the MotoGP championship. Because the difference in bonuses for the 4th place. ° the place is big enough. “
“It’s not just about the Ducati contract, but also about sponsors like Alpinestars clothing, Red Bull, KYT helmets and small financiers. If we don’t finish third in the MotoGP championship because Enea is evaluating Bagnaia here, we will lose a lot of money. “Him.
After finishing second in MotoGP Malaysia 2022, Enea Bastianini is now still perched in fourth position. He managed to narrow the gap by just one point from Aleix Espargaro.
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