22/04/2018
In the second part of the race, “the Beast” is the author of a series of amazing overtakes and comes a near-miss victory at the Circuit of the Americas: first seasonal podium for him and 5th place in the standings, now with 33 points as his number in the fairing. Difficult race for Dalla Porta that closes outside the points.
#33 Enea BASTIANINI – 2nd
"I'm happy with this podium, I could have also taken it at the first race in Qatar, if I hadn’t made that little mistake. Here in America, finally in the dry, we managed to run a good race, especially against Oettl it was hard and in that phase I lost some time. But when I saw Martin get in front, I pushed hard to get stay with him, but he had already taken an important gap. In the last lap I managed the situation: I thought I could reach it, but I was on my limit and I didn’t want to compromise a good result as this podium. In the past years this track was struggling for me, but today I felt right on the bike; now let's look forward, I am ready to fight for the victory!"