The Qatar Grand Prix winner holds a slender two-point advantage in the championship over KTM’s Brad Binder after the Italian struggled to 11th in the rain-lashed Indonesian GP.
Bastianini’s wet-weather experience on a MotoGP bike is fairly scant, having only contested two rain-hit GP in the premier class prior to last Sunday’s Indonesian GP – and both of those were flag-to-flag competitions.
Having qualified fifth, Bastianini plummeted down the order on the opening laps of last Sunday’s shortened 20-lap Mandalika race and could only recover to 11th.
Though he continues to lead the MotoGP standings after two races in 2022, Bastianini says this fact is not as important as improving his wet-weather form going forward.
“Yeah, well I’m not really happy about this race because I prefer the conditions stay dry,” said Bastianini.
“But it’s ok, I start really slow and after I lost a lot of positions.
“But after seven, eight laps, I bring my pace up and in the end I…
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