168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia won his second consecutive MotoGP world championship in 2023, after getting the better of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin.

A tussle that went down to the fiꦗnal race of the year, Bagnaia c𒊎emented himself as the top rider by winning the grand prix, while Martin crashed out following contact with Marc Marquez.

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And since then Bagnaia has been peerless in pre-season testing, topping both the Malaysia and ꦦQatar tests with new lap records.

Speaking ahead oౠf his title defence, Bagnaia said: “We arri𝔍ve here in great shape. We worked perfectly in the test and managed to do all the work we planned.

“My feeling on the new bike is quite good. We just did five days 🅘of testing and we need more days on it.

“But my feeling is good and it looks like this year’s bike is quite competitive right now. Renewing the contract is something very important for me and for Ducati. 💛;

“Having a clear mindset is ౠbetter and I can🍰 be focused on the results.”

Bagnaia🎉’s title defence will begin shortly after signing a new multi-year deal that keeps him with Ducati untilt he end of 2026.

“We started speaking about the renewal last year,” said Bagnaiaꦓ when discussing his✤ new contract.

“We we﷽re in the same direction and I wanted Ducati, and Ducati wanted me. We had time to do it without having so much press.

“Both sides🐠 were doing their job so it was quite easy to go through and we are happy together. It was not diff♊icult to sign.”

While 2022 and 2023 were incredible seasons for Bagnaia, both of which showed a different side to Bagnaia’s ability, 2024 could be his hardest year yet w🌱hen it 🎃comes to remaining on top.

Martin is expected to challenge the Italian once again, while Enea Bastianini, Marc Marquez and Brad Binder are also exp♊ecte🌺d to be very strong throughout the year.

But Bagnaia is confident he can remain in the mix, largely because his mindset has never beeꦦn stronger.

Asked if winning two titles in succession has changed his approach, Bagnaia said: “No! Ho𝓀nestly, no because I want to continue doing what I love to do.

“The ambition is the same, the work at home is the sa𓆉me, the work in the box is even higher and it will always be like this.”