Pecco Bagnaia approaches this Italian Grand Prix with the intention of wiping the slate clean of the last Grand de France which ended in a retirement following a fall, falling into the trap of Enea Bastianini who knew how to put his nerves in ball. The Ducati official, however, encountered resistance from the unexpected valor of an Aprilia from Noale which made the men of Borgo Panigale frown. For now, everything is going well for the 2021 world vice-champion who assures that focusing on top speed in Tuscany is a mistake...
When we talk about Ducati, we think of top speed, but we forget that the record in this area at Mugello belongs to a KTM. That of Brad Binder, at 362,4 km/h. And when we look at the hierarchy of velocity at the end of the 1141 meters of the Mugello straight, we see that those who dominate it are far away in the general classification. So many elements which give volume to the demonstration of Pecco Bagnaia which he declines as follows: “ we all know that I really like this track, it suits me quite well and I felt good with the little fairing. A step forward has been taken, we are losing a little top speed, but in 2018 we saw Jorge Lorenzo win with a bike that lost 10 km/h in a straight line because of the fairing ».
Pecco Bagnaia: “ in aspiration we have an advantage that Yamaha does not have«
« On a track this well laid out, top speed makes no difference “he assures. " I feel good, we continue our improvement curve compared to the start of the year and we are in even better shape compared to Jerez and Le Mans, it's a very positive day » rejoices a Pecco Bagnaia who closes it with the 2nd time in the combined ranking. The Ducati MotoGP vice-champion stopped the time at 1'45"940, with a slight delay of 49 thousandths over the Aprilia ofAleix Espargarò.
On the V-max, Pecco still has something to add: “ last year, Fabio won and took pole with a bike that was 10 km/h slower than the others. I've always preferred more handling than being faster in a straight line, I'm lucky that to win in corners I can lose less in a straight line and that's definitely an advantage ».
He finishes : " in top speed I'm not much faster than the Yamaha here, it's not a big problem, I feel good on the whole track. In the wake we have this advantage due to the engine which pushes a lot, so it makes a little difference. In aspiration we have an advantage that Yamaha does not have ».
FP1/FP2 result of the MotoGP Italian Grand Prix at Mugello:
Credit ranking: MotoGP.com
