Pecco Bagnaia is not having the start to the season that he hoped for and that was even predicted for him, to say the least. In two Grands Prix contested, he has only scored one point, a record which is far from that which a potential candidate for the title must present. A delay in ignition at Dcati official version which has the unfortunate collateral consequence of having instilled doubt in the Italian who is facing a storm under his helmet. Before the Argentine Grand Prix at the beginning of April, he takes stock of his situation, and we feel as if he is caught in a mental trap...
Pecco Bagnaia also suffered an injury after two Grands Prix this season MotoGP. But unlike some of its peers, this one is invisible. His morale is in fact shaken after a start to the campaign that could practically be described as catastrophic. After its end of year in 2021, after the offseason tests, bagnaia appeared as a solid favorite for the 2022 title. But if, after two games, he is indeed a pilot Ducati who leads the dance, it is far from being this: “ Fabio Quartararo was ninth in the first race and second in Indonesia. I, on the other hand, I have a nice 15th place on my account as a personal best… This is certainly not a positive aspect. It's positive that we worked a lot on me last weekend and that the feeling of the previous year has returned. But we couldn't actually implement it, so they're a bit empty words now... But that was the only slightly positive aspect ».
A presentation which reveals the whole current problem of the 2018 Moto2 World Champion. He cannot correlate his impressions with his results, at the risk of opening himself up to criticism that affects him deeply: “ the only positive aspect of the Mandalika weekend is that my feeling was very good. We were very fast in the warm-up on Sunday morning. We were ready to fight. However, it is true that the results say the opposite. So I don't want to say too much, because I know there are quite a few people at home on the couch who are ready to annoy you with their negative comments. It's not nice ».
Pecco Bagnaia: “ we started the season with the intention of fighting for the title but the results say otherwise«
The Italian of 25 years adds: “ Last year I started with a good feeling, but I couldn't put it into concrete terms. The situation was different, I had a difficult 2020 behind me. This year our goals are completely different. We were runners-up in 2021 and we started the season intending to challenge for the title, building on last year. Unfortunately, the simple results now say otherwise. It's a completely different start to the championship from last year ". In view of the above, it is clear that a new poor performance in Argentina, which will be the next meeting of the championship at the beginning of April, would permanently dent Pecco Bagnaia in his slump. However, he has a contract in his pocket Ducati to 2024.
