After a French Grand Prix marked by a third crash in six races contested this year, Pecco Bagnaia showed that he was a champion in reaction and not in management. Each time, his accidents took place during the race counting towards winning the Grand Prix, i.e. the moment when there are the most points at stake. After Le Mans, the Ducati official remains at the head of the general classification , but only one point ahead of the winner in the Sarthe Marco Bezzecchi who now has two victories like him, but no more podiums. He is also a driver of a satellite team, like Jorge Marin and Johann Zarco of the Pramac team, fourth and fifth in the same provisional championship hierarchy. The competition is therefore more open than ever, which does not rejoice the reigning World Champion who would openly like to restore the nobility of the official drivers, and once again confine the others to the court of miracles. Enough to relaunch the class struggle, without a doubt...
This is an astonishing and even disappointing point of view coming from a Pecco Bagnaia who apparently would like to return to the good times of privileges for factory drivers. On Moto sprint, he offered himself an outing which will not fail to cause a reaction in the paddock. We read from the man who experienced, last weekend, at Le Mans, a new disappointment in a Grand Prix this season: “ from the first to the last bike, everyone can aim to get on the top step of the podium ».
An at first glance exciting evaluation since it is a guarantee of an open competition and a satisfaction to be given to Dorna for having established the regulatory framework to allow this, as Ducati to play the game by offering eight motorcycles capable of putting on a great show.
Pecco Bagnaia: “ the strategy that many put in place in racing is bad »
But this is not the meaning that wants to develop Pecco Bagnaia. For him, this tightening of values is a mistake... He adds: “ compared to the Fantastic Four era – Red, Stoner, Pedrosa, Lorenzo – the prototypes are all more similar in terms of performance and therefore all can perform well. In my opinion we need to return to a bigger gap between factory motorcycles and satellites ».
The conclusion leaves us speechless as the demonstration which, in passing, devalues the journey of the four aforementioned who could ultimately only achieve success, not entirely thanks to their talent alone, but also because they were the best equipped technically. Pecco Bagnaia would thus like to be above the fray in the name of the factory nobility. And shine in good company, leaving the rest of the pack far away, forever forbidden from accessing the feast of over-armed kings.
A fantasy that we still find in what he would like to see defined as a universal racing philosophy: “ all drivers want to win on the first lap for two years, but it's impossible. The strategy that many people use in racing is bad. In my opinion, risking so much after departure is useless. We should think and wait for the right moment, because this way it is not safe ". And he learned it the hard way last weekend at Le Mans. A slap that apparently left its mark. Otherwise, the satellite teams, what do you think of the class struggle version? Pecco Bagnaia ?
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