sixteenth quickest on his Tech3 KTM debut in Barcelona final November, Enea Bastianini dropped to 18th place after three days on the Sepang MotoGP take a look at.
Nevertheless, the previous manufacturing unit Ducati rider was at the least clear about the place he loses more often than not.
Whereas braking progress helped Bastianini to sixth quickest (+0.119s) within the first sector of the lap – dominated by the onerous braking zone for Flip 1 – nook entry points meant he was solely ranked nineteenth in Sector 2 (+0.482s) and seventeenth (+0.623s) in Sector 3.
Bastianini was then tenth quickest (+0.319s) in Sector 4, which incorporates one other onerous braking into the ultimate hairpin.
“Nicely, the progress…. Not a lot,” Bastianini admitted on the finish of the Malaysian take a look at. “As a result of from the beginning till now I [found] simply [1.5s].
“However I do know through which space we have to work.
“Now we have to strive different options and in the mean time it wasn’t attainable as a result of we had been making an attempt completely different elements.
“In Thailand most likely it will likely be a lot simpler to work with the identical bike and attempt to deliver extra confidence.”
Pressed on the place he’s struggling probably the most, the seven-time MotoGP race winner defined:
“Yeah, I do know the place I misplaced the time. I noticed the movies, I noticed the information and likewise my feeling is [that it is] in nook entry. My entry pace may be very very low in the mean time. It is tough for me to show.
“On braking, we’ve got improved loads and we’re very shut – additionally generally we’re higher in comparison with the opposite [KTMs], like within the first and final sector.
“However in Sectors 2 and three, particularly 3, we misplaced an excessive amount of!”
Bastianini’s greatest Sepang lap time was 1.5s behind take a look at chief Alex Marquez, 0.876s from the highest KTM of Pedro Acosta (sixth) however solely 0.146s behind new Tech3 team-mate Maverick Vinales (sixteenth).
This week’s Buriram take a look at takes place on the similar venue the place Bastianini gained final October’s Thai Grand Prix Dash race, main an all-Ducati sweep of the highest eight.
