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2022 MotoGP World Championship
2022 Thailand Grand Prix
Buriram International Circuit
Buriram, Thailand
Sunday, 2 October 2022
Gresini Racing's Enea Bastianini will attempt to keep his fading World Championship title hopes alive by finishing on the podium at the
Thailand Grand Prix on Sunday, October 2.
The Italian is fourth in the riders' standings, 49 points behind current leader Fabio Quartararo after his P9 in the Japanese Grand Prix, having finished just behind the reigning world champion.
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Bastianini claimed his fourth victory of the year in the Aragon Grand Prix on September 18 and he needs more of the same in the final four races to stand a chance of catching Quartararo.
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This will be the 24-year-old's first outing on the Buriram International Circuit in the premium class and qualifying on the front row will be crucial to making a late title challenge.
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'The Beast' admitted it was difficult to make up places in the opening laps after starting 15th on grid, while he dropped off the pace in the latter stages of the race at Motegi.
"For me, I think difficult because at the start it was important to me to recover some position and to use the soft tyre [...] because when you are behind the pressure of the front tyre coming up really early and after, it's difficult to overtake the other riders, especially on braking," he said.
"And also in the front of me, I have Pecco [Bagnaia] and Pecco we know break, really, and it's difficult. But after when I was without a lot of riders on the front was okay. I think [...] for the last part of the race I wasn't really fast. I think the drop is staying important on the last 10 laps of the time."
2022 Japanese Grand Prix results
Winner: Jack Miller - Ducati Lenovo Team
Second Place: Brad Binder - Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Third Place: Jorge Martin - Pramac Racing
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