MotoGP Pecco Bagnaia: “it’s a difficult moment and unfortunately I’m quite human”

Danilo Petrucci warned Pecco Bagnaia this winter who was cited as the clear favorite for this 2022 MotoGP season. The Ducati official was going to – depending on who was in his place before moving to KTM, then to the Dakar and returning to Ducati for MotoAmerica – have to manage this pressure of the prognosis. After the first two 2022 Grands Prix, this warning from Petrux sounds like a premonition that circumstances have tried hard to confirm. But the most serious thing is that the one who must bring back the drivers' title to the Borgo Panigale factory is already morally impacted by this start on the verge of disaster...

En MotoGP, things turn quickly and it's not Yamaha at the end of the last Indonesian Grand Prix who will say otherwise. The same things can also persist. In the case of Bagnaia, they put Ducati to the test. A poorly understood work plan and a loss of reference points Qatar a succession of yellow flags at the wrong time on the track followed by biblical rain on Sunday, race day, which revealed a bagnaia soluble on wet track. “ I was just trying to figure out how to handle the situation because I was slow. I was at the limit with the front. It didn't work with the tire, but maybe I didn't push as I should have. But I didn't understand what was happening and it's also difficult to push ". These were Pecco's words as he got out of his red GP22. There is great dismay.

The latter is then confirmed: “ I'm not saying it was a tire problem. I'm just saying it didn't work out the way I wanted it to. My feeling about this was very strange. Normally I'm a sensitive rider when it comes to feeling the limit at the front. But that was not the case in Indonesia on Sunday ».

After a zero pointed at Qatar and this unfortunate point taken at Mandalika which does not save honor, Pecco Bagnaia is up against the wall from the third round which points in Argentina. « It's a difficult moment but we have to think positively and start being as competitive from Friday as I was in the warm-up in Mandalika. The feeling was back after focusing on myself and the bike this weekend. I was ready to fight for victory again, but the result said just the opposite », Knows the MotoGP vice-world champion of the previous year.

**Pecco Bagnaia: “j’aimerais prendre un nouveau départ dans ma tête et penser positivement"**

The official Ducati is morally damaged and this reveals a certain fragility at this level that we did not imagine to be so profound. But the Italian recognizes it: “ Unfortunately I am human enough from this point of view, that's why I say it's bad to read articles about me and see such negative comments. This is definitely something that will keep me thinking all week ».

« However, knowing me, when we get to the next race the only thing I will think about is trying to be fast and stay in front. I am also fortunate to have the right people to help me at home, viz. my coach and my girlfriend ". And he ends with this sentence that sums it all up: “ I would like to make a fresh start in my head and think positively ». Pecco Bagnaia two weeks to rebuild in order to relaunch in a Argentine Grand Prix which is only the third in a calendar with 21 deadlines…