MotoGP Portugal Day 1, Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati/2) had it easy: "The second qualifying lap was completed without pushing hard"

Once again, Pecco Bagnaia had a very special day in Portugal.This morning, he was struggling, trailing behind his weekend teammate Nicolo Bulega. This prompted a reaction from Gigi Dall'Igna, but it didn't faze Bagnaia. The Italian focused on his problems and, at the end of a turbulent session, managed to secure second place, just 30 thousandths of a second behind leader Alex Marquez. He has every reason to be satisfied with this performance.

Speaking to the press, Pecco Bagnaia immediately dismissed the analyses of this morning's events, which he described as flawed. « This morning, we made the wrong choice of front tire and we had trouble I had no grip. This afternoon, right from the start, with the soft front tire and a full tank of gas, things went much better. We managed to do a good job, and I also felt good with the hard tire on the front." he declared for Sky Sports.

 

 

“Go Free” did not have an easy Practice, but, fortunately for him, all's well that ends well. "The first time trial did not go well due to a few crashes," But the second one went through without any effort.The feeling was positive, and we need to keep this momentum going. Today, the conditions were unusual; the medium tire wasn't working; it offered less grip than the softThe soft compound has a lot of grip but also a lot of slippage; it was the right tire for the time trial. even though I wanted to have a hard tire ready for this crucial part of the session because it had given me good feelings from the start » he continued.

 

 

Regarding the provisional hierarchy, Bagnaia is crystal clear: there is Alex Marquez and then there is everyone else. "Alex is currently above; we are in a group that is between second and sixth place » he concluded.

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Results of the Practice session at the 2025 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix:

 

 

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