The Pramac driver did not have the weekend he hoped for, but he nevertheless entered the points again and thus continues in this positive phase.
The Japanese Grand Prix proved to be complicated for Francis Bagnaia, who failed to find solutions to progress in the race. Although 14th in the combined times of free practice, he got closer and even achieved a very good FP4 in mixed conditions, securing a top 10, which boded well for qualifying.
However, he ultimately retained his 14th position and started from the fifth row this Sunday. Having not made the good start he hoped for, he had to come back and managed to overtake Aleix Espargaró then Mika Kallio to return to 13th place. In a fight with Miguel Oliveira for 12th place, he finally had to lose to his opponent KTM.
“I can’t be too happy with the result”, did he declare. “Obviously I expected more but it wasn't an easy weekend. Despite everything, I brought home a few points for the Championship. I had a lot of problems accelerating and this made me lose precious tenths, especially on the straight. »
However, a good player, he wanted to send a word to Fabio Quartararo: “I would like to congratulate Fabio for winning the Rookie of the Year title. » For his part, the Italian occupies third position behind Joan Mir, but is only four points ahead of Oliveira.
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