Enea Bastianini believes contact on the opening lap of the Indonesian MotoGP played a role in him missing out on a first top five finish of 2023.
Bastianini put together his best performance of the year at Mandalika, both in terms of finishing position and outright speed.
“It was possible for me to arrive in the top five but I wasn’t really focused and stayed here .”Bastianini found himself stuck between Marc Marquez and Jack Miller heading into turn 11, after the pair were held up by Bagnaia on the opening lap.Speaking about the incident, Bastianini added: “Pecco went very fast into turn ten and Marc had to pick up the bike, but to come back, in turn 11 I was side-by-side with Marc and Jack; I was in the middle and I was unlucky.
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