MotoGP Australia J3, Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati/Ab): "The Ducati I rode here is not the one I know"

And the ordeal continued. After a historic underperformance yesterday, followed by a three-place grid penalty for impeding Marco Bezzecchi in qualifying, fate continues to be hard on Pecco Bagnaia in Australia. The Italian, who this time was quite fast from the mid-race onwards, fell quite heavily. He thus recorded his second retirement in two races. Things are not going well for the Reds: Bagnaia is lacking confidence, and his bike, shaky on the straight named after the 1987 500cc champion Wayne Gardner, is not helping him much.

It must be difficult for Bagnaia to find the right words after each race, as they are so similar. And yet, after so many disappointments, he still manages to find something positive. “In the end, when you give it your all, it can happen. After such a difficult weekend, it's not so badYou have to take what you have, what you can, and try to take the positives. There aren't that many positives, but in the end, being fast at this stage of the race is pretty satisfying. I could see I was quickly overtaking the riders in front, but I was on the limit from the start. I had trouble keeping up with this pace, and eventually I crashed from pushing too hard. » he declared on DAZN.

 

 

Ducati tried new settings, but it wasn't enough. « We tried something with the settings this morning, but it went very wrong.This afternoon, we did the opposite, and it went a little better. But the bike was moving so much that it was the same, and I had to hold on tight to keep it from moving. This is something that needs to be understood, because it is difficult to deal with. » he continued.

 

 

But he would much rather have a fall than a disastrous result without giving himself the means. « I'd rather fight and fall than finish last.It all depends on my state of mind. You have to look on the bright side of things. I managed to fight for a top 10Of course, I'm not happy about this result. But it's like a new beginning. In Japan, I managed to win even though I didn't push hard. That was my old Ducati. What I rode here was not the Ducati I know. It is important to understand this well." he concluded.

Do you think Pecco Bagnaia can repeat the surprise he did in Japan in a week's time, in Sepang? Tell us in the comments!

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