Bagnaia seeks redemption in Barcelona
Four days before the Le Mans race, Francesco Bagnaia corrects his stance on the crash that took him out of the fight for the podium at the Dunlop chicane. Initially, the two-time MotoGP world champion pointed the finger at the braking system, but Ducati engineers’ analyses evidently convinced “Pecco” that there was no problem with the Le Mans bike. And perhaps not even with the Jerez one, another race that Bagnaia finished with a zero.
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The #63 therefore arrives at the Montmeló GP seeking redemption after the “Bugatti” crash but also with the awareness of having found the right direction technically, thanks to the new fairing tested in Jerez and confirmed in France.
Bagnaia’s words
“The team definitely analyzed everything well, we understood and it certainly won’t happen again. There was no technical problem, the crash was certainly my mistake. We move forward, because Le Mans was a positive weekend, and after the Jerez test we took a direction that I hope will work well also at Montmeló“, this was the comment to Sky Sport MotoGP. “It’s a nice track, I like it, in recent years we have always been very fast, so we will try to battle Aprilia, which is very strong right now here as well“.
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“In France I definitely had the potential to reach the podium, I was having a good race and could brake hard: the potential of this bike is very high and we are still discovering it, it certainly gives me more front-end feeling compared to the GP25 and this gives me more chances to push. It’s true that I crashed several times, but it’s part of the process to reach the limit“, he continued. Finally, a thought for Marc Marquez, who after two operations on his right arm and foot will miss the home race to recover ahead of Mugello: “I hope he returns soon, especially because now we may have found a fundamental direction. But he has been through this many times, he knows how to react and he will come back“.
