As someone else would say, it was okay, it was beautiful. And it was the only time under 1'31 per lap. Alas, the forbidden green part was bitten off and the performance was canceled. But it is not forgotten for its author Francesco Bagnaia who, definitely, earns his stripes as a Ducati factory rider for 2021 on the Misano track. As a result, only fifth, he will however be the man to watch in the race if he gets off to a perfect start...
Francis Bagnaia his commando operation was not far off. In two Grands Prix on the same circuit, he will undoubtedly ensure a bright future in MotoGP, by joining his current teammate Jack Miller within the factory team Ducati. The mark would have been deeper if the Italian had succeeded in validating his qualifying lap, which was synonymous with a record. But then, it widened a little too much in the last corner in view of the checkered flag, thus biting the green part which is so talked about.
Here he is finally fifth. But he has the arguments to make the powder speak in the race on Sunday: “ in my head I set the track record, but unfortunately I overdid it on the last turn and went onto the green. I thought I could stay inside, but when I saw I was totally outside, I couldn't do anything » regrets the Turinese.
“I have a good pace for the race”
« At least I tried until the end. Honestly, I thought I would be 30'8, instead it turned out 30'9, so I could have done a little better. I'm very happy with how I performed in T3, because it's a stretch where we can gain something on everyone, even in the race. Unfortunately, I will have to start from the second row tomorrow even though we had incredible weather ". He thus recalls his race last week, where it took him time to finally get back to the head of operations and finish second to Morbidelli, his friend from the Rossi academy.
« For the race, I think I have a good pace, I'm just saying that. Let's see how things go. With the bike I feel comfortable since the Qatar tests. Already in the second race in Jerez I felt good, because I have a good feeling with the bike and we are working in the right direction. Finally, we managed to find a set-up that suits me, because I managed to keep the riding style that I adopted in Moto2, even if with MotoGP you have to ride differently. In any case, I feel really good and that makes me happy " finished bagnaia who was not ungrateful in leaving the master Valentino Rossi take his wheel during this Q2 of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix…
MotoGP Misano 2 J2: qualifying
