MotoGP Austria J1: Bagnaia (Ducati/8) no longer wants to lose a single point against Quartararo

At Ducati in general and at Bagnaia in particular, it has not escaped the notice that the last meeting of the Styrian Grand Prix on a Red Bull Ring, although friendly to its motorcycles, had been a disaster. A disillusionment aggravated by the podium of the great rival for the title, Fabio Quartararo, moreover with a Yamaha which should have stood still. So the Italian warns that there is no longer any question of giving up an inch of ground to the French leader of the championship. This looks promising for Sunday...

bagnaia gave the order for the clan Ducati in this Austrian Grand Prix: we must not let go of anything fabio quartararo and start reassembling it. The bleeding of points still observed last weekend must be stopped: “ we arrive at this weekend knowing that here we have a great opportunity to stay ahead of Fabio Quartararo. He leads the world championship and he is very competitive. We also have other avenues which are favorable to us in addition to this one, but it is clear that having 58 points behind we can no longer lose. »

On his Friday, the 2 Moto2018 World Champion specifies: “ this positive day, we are happy. This morning we worked a lot. Having a gap between wet and dry wasn't a problem, also because last weekend we didn't ride much in the rain and it could rain on Sunday. When you get on the track and feel comfortable straight away, you get better lap after lap. Compared to last week, I started stronger right away ».

Bagnaia reassures but Miller worries

On his teammate's side Jack Miller, the results are on the other hand a not very reassuring 17th. But the Australian assures us that we should not trust appearances: “ looking at the times chart, it doesn't seem like it was a positive day, but I'm actually quite happy » assures the double winner of Jerez and Le Mans this season. “ This morning we had some unforeseen events and I worked thinking I could set my best time in the afternoon ».

« Unfortunately the track conditions did not allow me to do it and I will therefore try on Saturday morning in FP3. I'm confident because I know what we need to do to be fast and in the rain this afternoon we showed that we have good pace: so, overall it was a good day ».