I return to Mugello with a still vivid memory of last year’s wonderful weekend and a great desire to make up for it after LeMans and Barcelona.
Mugello is magic, not only one of the most beautiful tracks in the championship but the one with the definitely warmest atmosphere.
Arriving at the circuit and being assailed by the fans, who despite the difficult moment continue to support me, listening to the roar of the engines that all day long keep your adrenaline high, living Mugello is a goosebump experience.

We start with FP and already in the first laps I can see that the difficulties of Barcelona are still to be solved and I know that we should work a lot to find the right balance.
In these moments it is really difficult to keep calm and focus, but the only way to get out of it is to activate the BeZen mode, which inspired the helmet designed for the race.

We work hard, but we can’t get into Q2.
In the Sprint I start well but get bottled up in the first corner and lose a few positions.
I regain a few positions, collect important data and am ready for a good race.
Fair start, I keep a decent pace then continue to suffer in corner entry, an understeer that puts stress on the tires and then makes everything more complicated.

On the lap of honor I feel the warmth of the crowd and I stop to thank the fans.
It’s in the moments when things don’t go the way you want them to that they can really give you that extra incentive to get competitive again.
We have a few weeks off before Assen, where last year was a great weekend.
And where I want to get back to riding having fun from the first to the last corner.