By giving this frightening image of a fall in the MotoGP pack, Pecco Bagnaia knows that he is suggesting the dramas that occurred in Moto3 to Jason Dupasquier and Hugo Millan, like the one experienced with Dean Berta Viñales last week in SuperSport300. The Ducati official therefore hits where it hurts by talking about safety on a degraded Austin track, to the point of being, therefore, dangerous. An opinion that his own teammate Jack Miller does not entirely share, while the Italian does not go so far as to question the race. Because there are still 48 points to catch up on Fabio Quartararo in the championship in four races, including the Grand Prix of the Americas…
Pecco Bagnaia is shared in this meeting at Austin which will open its second day against a backdrop of crisis. A tension born from the state of the Texan track which is unanimously against it because of its bumps which makes it pass for a bitumen cross country. Almost all drivers agree: Austin is a real c
disaster. On this track, the riders seem to be more looking for ways to stay on their bikes in certain sectors than chasing the clock.
« This is one of the most dangerous tracks I have raced on » says Pecco Bagnaia. " We all have the same opinion, but we are here to run and we will. It will be interesting to go to the Security Commission, because we are all angry : generally when the new asphalt is put in place, the conditions improve, here they have deteriorated. We need to understand why they did what they did ».
Concretely, this is what it looks like behind a handlebar: “ you can't relax, otherwise you fall and it will be difficult in racing to just be on the track, because the bike does things you don't expect. Just look at the drivers' chronology: from one lap to another there is a second difference, being consistent is complicated ».
Pecco Bagnaia: "pour Quartararo, qui a 48 points d’avance, c’est facile de dire qu’il faut arrêter”
In fact, the question of racing this Grand Prix of the Americas arises. For his teammate Miller, the subject is not current because he did not come all this way to avoid competing. But he also finds the route less dangerous, although just as complicated, as his stablemate. SO ? SO bagnaia also remembers that there is a championship at stake… “ For Quartararo, who is 48 points ahead, it's easy to say that we have to stop, for me it's more difficult. The problem is that on this track when you fall there is a risk of staying on the track, it's dangerous. If it is not possible to completely redo the circuit, then it would be better not to return to it. The situation is really strange: in the wet, the old asphalt dries before the new one but has no grip ».
He adds : " you have to hold the bike tightly to prevent it from moving, it's hard. At turn 10 it jumped so much that I closed the front. Like I said, if you crash at that moment, you stay in the middle of the track and in the race, with 20 bikes following you, it's not easy to get out of it, I don't want to not even thinking about what could happen. Coming to race in the United States is fascinating, but it has become the most dangerous circuit. We will speak in the security committee and we will understand what to do ».
He finishes, revealing his tension a little more: “ the track is in worse condition than at Silverstone 3 years ago. I'm fighting for the title, if I didn't race I would lose it, but on the other hand you don't feel safe riding like that, it's easy to make mistakes. You can't push to the limit because you always exceed the limit. For the Moto3, which is light, this is not a big problem, but for the Moto2, which does not have electronic controls, the situation is critical. In the safety committee I will have my say, in theory we are not obliged to race, but it is enough that two or three drivers decide to do it and then we will all have to do it ". This promises us lively discussions, especially since Jack Miller has already signaled that he will run.
MotoGP Austin J1: chonos
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