The Ducati troops arrive at Silverstone with Bagnaia now at the forefront to challenge Fabio Quartararo for the championship. The latter came out almost as the winner of two Grands Prix in Austria which should have been the opportunity not to be missed for the Italians to rebalance the game against the sole Yamaha representative. But the latter showed that his Japanese mount was not so bad after all on the Red Bull Ring while the Borgo Panigale clan collected victories and podiums in scattered order. Thus, the 41 points scored in two games were scored by Jorge Martin who is absolutely not a danger for Quartararo. Bagnaia said what he thought before the Battle of Britain, as did one of his bosses, Paolo Ciabatti…
Pecco Bagnaia took stock of the last two Grands Prix of this season MotoGP before going to the route of Silverstone for the next round which will be British Grand Prix. And if the Italian knows that he is now the leader of a clan Ducati who will have to think about a group strategy at this sensitive moment of the championship, he does not deny that he is facing a formidable opponent: Fabio Quartararo… At the end of the last deadlines on the Red Bull Ring, the driver of 24 years regained eleven points in the championship standings. But he recognizes that this does not change much in the title race. “ 47 points is still a lot he comments.
« Another race like Spielberg's would help us », added the 2 Moto2018 world champion with a smile. Then he added: “ Fabio is very strong, he is having an incredible season. It's not easy with a Yamaha which struggled a little more to be at the front on a track like Spielberg. He deserves his points right now ».
While Quarterly can already boast of four victories this season, making him a total of seven in his MotoGP career, bagnaia is still chasing his first triumph in the premier category. “ I know we are close to our first victory. Victory will come. I want it, the team wants it too and we deserve it for the work we do », Underlined Pecco after finishing second after Spielberg's double.
Bagnaia: “ Silverstone is a track where Yamaha and Suzuki can make the difference«
« This result, not only because of the classification itself, but also because of the weekend we completed, gives us a lot of confidence for the next races. It won't be easy because Silverstone is a track where Yamaha and Suzuki can make the difference. But this year, we have already achieved great things on some tracks where we had difficulty. I think this extra motivation gives us the potential to win » said Pecco.
The gap with fabio quartararo, therefore passed to 47 points, and a maximum of seven races remain to be contested. We can expect the Frenchman to achieve a podium on all tracks. He has celebrated no less than seven victories in the last 13 months. “ Fabio was on the front row ten times in eleven races. It's very consistent. He was even fast at Spielberg, also in qualifying. He is definitely our toughest opponent ", recognize Ciabatta the sports man at Ducati. « It is no coincidence that he leads the championship. He fights for the first places all year round, almost always for the podium. Now we must try to close the gap », ends the same Paolo Ciabatti.
