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2022 MotoGP Season
Indonesian Grand Prix
Round 2
Mandalika International Street Circuit
Central Lombok, Indonesia
Sunday, 20 March 2022
Enea Bastianini will be keen to make it two victories in a row in the 2022
MotoGP season when he takes part at the Indonesian Grand Prix on March 20.
The Italian rider got off to a dream start in the new campaign by winning the opening race which was the Qatar Grand Prix on March 6.
Having put in his best-ever MotoGP qualifying of second, Bastianini was expected to be in the hunt for the win on Sunday and he went on to clinch the title.
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Bastianini took the lead from Honda rider Pol Espargaró, who went on to finish third, on lap 19 of 22 and immediately had a gap of 1.3s to the chasing pack.
However, the 24-year-old was pushed hard by eventual runner-up Brad Binder of KTM in the final laps and won by just 0.346s at the chequered flag.
Bastianini finds himself at the top of the Riders' standings and another victory this weekend will see the Rimini-born rider consolidate his spot at the summit.
The 2020 Moto2 World Championship winner is followed closely by Binder and Espargaro on the Riders' standings heading into the Indonesian Grand Prix.
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“I’m very excited today. We have seen a very good potential during the tests and when we arrived here we did another step on the set-up and also with the electronics," Bastianini said after winning the 2022 Qatar Grand Prix.
“And yesterday for the first time I did a really good lap time in the qualifying and today I started from the first row. The best choice for me was the medium rear because this morning I tried in the warm-up and I saw good potential.
“Also, the soft, for me, pumped a lot in the slow corners and the medium was more stable. It was not easy, especially the first part of the race because Pol pushed a lot in the front," he added.
“But the last 10 laps, it stayed the best choice because I pushed a lot and it stayed possible to push the gap.”
Ducati are placed at the top of Manufacturers' Championship standings and they are followed by KTM and Honda respectively.
2022 Qatar Grand Prix results
Winner: Enea Bastianini - Ducati
Runner-Up: Brad Binder - KTM
Third-Place: Pol Espargaró - Honda
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