The more time passes, the more we are surprised that Pecco Bagnaia was able to gain no less than 91 points on Fabio Quartararo in the title race in seven Grands Prix. A forced march towards the French leader was successful because the Ducati was the best machine and it was excellently driven by the now World Champion whose talent is indisputable. But all the same, on the side of the Frenchman and Yamaha, would we not have helped things by losing course, at the decisive moment?
The question is asked and it also haunts the box Yamaha while it is taken into account by the big winner of this duel for the title, Pecco Bagnaia. In his analysis of the season, he knows that he was off to a very bad start in a first part of the campaign where he was assailed by doubt. Then he realigned the sights in the second half, when fabio quartararo wavered. A decisive moment, conducive to the turnaround in the situation that we know inspires this reflection from the Italian: “ maybe Fabio was too defensive in this part of the championship. I don't know if I put too much pressure on him, but I'm sure something changed. Because in the first half of the season they were more consistent, while in the second half they started to have more difficulties ».
Pecco Bagnaia: “ I thought I was a better driver than that«
Talking about the first part of the 2022 campaign logically leads Pecco Bagnaia to be self-critical. And he complies very honestly with the exercise. We read of him on Motosan : " I didn't think I was the type of driver to experience these ups and downs. I considered myself better than that. But I thought I was competitive to continue fighting for the title. I believed I had the potential to be a champion. 91 points was a lot, but I thought about the potential we had "Comments bagnaia.
He adds : " I think I used that determination, that ambition to stay there, to fight for it, because I understood that I was a pilot capable of doing it ". A dynamic that also transcended him. He now admits: “ you start to think you're unbeatable and this is something that maybe I shouldn't say, but when I finished second in Aragón I was angry because I hadn't reached the fifth victory in a row ».
Pecco Bagnaia finished : " When I signed for Ducati, that was my goal, my dream was to be world champion. And when I was at home, I sometimes wondered if I had chosen the best team for my future. And then I always said to myself: yes, it’s the best team. This is my dream. And if I was able to win the title on this bike and with this team, it would have a special flavor. I felt all this pressure, all this weight on my back and it wasn't easy, but it was also a motivation to achieve this goal. I am very proud of my world champion team. It's amazing for us ».
