Reigning Moto2 World Champion, Francis Bagnaia was expected to be the curiosity of this 2019 MotoGP season. A beginner but equipped with a good Ducati within the Pramac team, the rider from the VR46 Academy had given encouraging signs of a rapid adaptation to his new environment during the off-season. But since Qatar, Pecco is no longer there. Worse, he had the spotlight stolen by a Quarterly transformed on a Yamaha. Since then, he has tackled the races one by one…
The title of beginner of the year was undoubtedly given to him too quickly by the forecasters. After three races, Bagnaia has one retirement, a fourteenth place and a ninth place. If we want to look at things from a good angle, we will talk about progression. But the teammate of Miller probably hoped for much more.
In fact, as the deadline for a Spanish Grand Prix approaches on a track in Jerez that many consider to be the real start of the championship, the Italian is remaining discreet: “ I don't expect anything from Jerez, but I want to continue my progress, like in Austin ", said bagnaia. " With the team we understand a lot of things. This is important and it will also be very important to finish the race again. In Texas I was P9, last time in Argentina P14, so the progression is good and we must continue in this direction ».
bagnaia is now second in the rookie of the year standings, eight points behind Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT), who was the best debutant at COTA with a seventh place, and a lead of 4,5 seconds over bagnaia.
