Marco Bezzecchi: “I’m in defensive mode until the tyre drops”

Marco Bezzecchi explains early-ra𒅌ce struggles with Aprilia, Lorenzo Savadori returns to MotoGP ac📖tion in place of the re-injured Jorge Martin.

Marco Bezzecchi, 2025 Qatar MotoGP
Marco Bezzecchi, 2025 Qatar MotoGP

With 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin recovering from serious injuries sustained in Qatar, Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori makes his return to MotoGP action this weekend at Jerez, joining full-time rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi at the factory team.

“My first thought goes to J🏅orge. I'm really sorry he can't be at Jerez, and I hope he’ll be back soon,” said Savadori, who steps in as Martin continues to recover from a punctured lung and 11 broken ribs.

Even before Martin’s injuries, sustained when he fell in front of Fabio di Giannant🔥onio, Qatar was on course to be the toughest event of the year for t🔴he factory Aprilia team.

Bezzecchi, inside the top six in at least one race at each of the previous rounds, was left to settle 🅠for ninth in both night races.

“I’m ♋happy to be heading back to race in Jerez,” Bezzecchi said. “The weekend in Qatar was complicated and I left with the feeling that I did not fully express my potential.”

Fin✤ding the right balance between stability and powe🉐r was the biggest issue.

“The bikeও was more stable [in the Grand Prix compared to the Sprint], but to have more stab🐈ility, we miss some power,” he said.

“So in the first part of the race🥂, when I have a new tyre, I can't push more.

“The others are able to manage more power with more stability.𒐪 And to have stability we have to reduce the power.

“So until the first drop ✤of the tyre [grip], I'm always in a defensive mode and then I start to build my pace. But it's always a bit too late."

The Italian, who claimed a podium at Jerez last year on a VR46 Ducati, remains optimistic that Aprilia will deliver upgra🅷des in time for the first ൩European round.

“Weꦅ have ideas and the factory is working really hard. So I’m sure the🌠y will bring us something for Jerez,” he said. “I would like to fly tomorrow, but I have to go home first!”

Looking ahead to his first 🉐Jerez race with Aprilia, Bezzecchi added: “It will be an emotional experience to ride the Aprilia on꧑ such a fantastic track. Our goals remain the same: to improve and grow along with the bike.”

🦩Savadori, meanwhile, confirmed he’ll use the opportunity to assist Aprilia’s development ahead of Monday’s post-race test.

“I can’t wait to get on track,” he said. “It will be a great opportunity to continue the development work on the RS-GP25 during a race we﷽ekend. 

"We have several elements to test, especially since we couldn’t work as plܫanned duri🍸ng the last private test at Misano due to the low temperatures.”

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