MotoGP Misano J3, Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati/1): “I knew Bastianini would try to overtake me”

Pecco Bagnaia took his sixth victory of the season at Misano and his fourth in a row. Designated leader of a Ducati clan which fields seven other motorcycles, one might think that he has it easy. But that is absolutely not the case. At Silverstone, he only snatched victory on the last lap by containing a Maverick Viñales who was launching his last strength with the Aprilia. In Austria, he himself admitted that with one more round, he would not have been able to resist the return of Quartararo. And in Misano, he only finished by just 34 thousandths against his distinguished companion and future teammate Enea Bastianini. Bagnaia definitely doesn't have it easy, which makes his series of four successes impressive, the latter of which puts him second in the championship, 30 points behind Fabio Quartararo.

An extraordinary Pecco Bagnaia won the San Marino Grand Prix and the Rimini Riviera, 14th stage of MotoGP 2022 contested on the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. The pilot Ducati started from the second row after giving up three places on the starting grid following a penalty for impeding two drivers during FP1. Once he took the lead, he never left it, resisting the attacks of a great Enea Bastianini, beaten by only 34 thousandths.

To bagnaia this is the sixth victory of the season, the fourth in a row with Assen, Silverstone, Red Bull Ring and therefore that of Misano. A series never made by a pilot Ducati. " It was a very difficult race, in the first laps I had no grip either front or rear » comments the teammate of a Jack Miller started from pole, then made a mistake, before finishing eleventh.

**Pecco Bagnaia: “ I'm still 30 points behind, that's not nothing »**

« I saw Enea Bastianini lose the lead, then It happened to me too and in the first laps I was scared. I suffered attacks from Maverick Viñales, but I braked hard, then the grip increased lap after lap He adds.

Then it comes to this famous finale… “ In the last laps Enea and I went very fast, Enea even got the fastest lap after 27 laps, that shows how fast we went. I knew he would try to overtake me, but not at the corner, I was strong there. While I expected an attack at turn 14, Enea was very fast in the last two corners, but I resisted. The general classification? I'm still 30 points behind, that's not nothing ».