It was a serene Pecco Bagnaia who had finished his day on Friday of the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin. The Ducati official had in fact lined up the fast laps with just a medium tire and he only switched to the seven-league soft tires at the end of P2. Of course, he had to settle for second place at 63 thousandths, the value of his favorite number, Jorge Martin. However, no one is fooled: in terms of race pace, it is the reigning World Champion who is the best at the moment...
Pecco Bagnaia arrived in Texas to forget the Argentinian blunder and after the first day of Grand Prix of the Americas, he laid the foundations to erase this incident on the course at Termas de Rio Hondo: “ I feel good. We found a good compromise for this track, which has hard braking zones but also many turns where good handling is essential. We found a compromise that works well, but we must go further “, summarized Pecco Bagnaia in Austin on Friday evening.
In terms of pace, the factory driver Ducati, who only used the first soft tires at the end of the second test session, has made the strongest impression so far. “ We worked with the medium rear tire, which was pretty good. Then when I got the soft rear tire. The grip level was so much higher… It will therefore be important for Saturday to do a few more laps with the software. For the moment, I'm quite happy with my bike ", said the official Ducati on speedweek.
Pecco Bagnaia: “ security has improved compared to the previous year. But it's still worse for me than last year »
On the state of the Texan track, however, the Italian was much more critical: “ Last year's P1 was a disaster. In this regard, security has improved compared to the previous year. But it's still worse for me than last year ».
And we will remember his words, with other of his MotoGP colleagues on the situation of the Austin route which we spoke to you about HERE : " the safety commission meeting is going to be very long “, he announced Friday afternoon. “ In some places, the track surface is completely destroyed, for example in turns 1, 11 and 12. The track is in worse condition than last year. Managers need to listen to us more », even warns the world champion. Bagnaia was also annoyed by this: “ we have four different types of asphalt here. It's just impossible. It's manageable in the dry, but it's going to be extremely difficult in the rain ».
Results from P2 of the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin:
Classification credit: MotoGP.com
