Crowned with his crown as Moto2 World Champion, Pecco Bagnaia arrived in MotoGP with the favors of the forecasts in terms of the competition between the beginners of the year. Unfortunately, it's a completely different scenario that the protégé of the VR46 academy experiences. Dominated by the official Suzuki Mir and especially the satellite rider Yamaha Quartararo, Bagnaia struggles with a GP18 from the Pramac team. Which forces him to refer to different settings from other Ducati riders…
A situation which is not only due to the fact that bagnaia rides with a GP18, while the three other top drivers in Desmosedici have GP19s. It also risks repeating itself when everyone has a GP20 next year. Because bagnaia has a particular driving style, which is very close to a certain Jorge Lorenzo...
The Italian explains: “ of course, I look at the data of “Dovi”, because he is the fastest among us, but also of Petrucci and Miller. But I look at Lorenzo's data, because the bike is similar to his, as is my riding style. We are very similar Therefore I can understand something by taking his settings ».
Last year, Jorge Lorenzo was very fast on some circuits with the Ducati. These data therefore constitute an important source of information for bagnaia. However, his season as a rookie is not easy. A ninth and two fourteenth places are his performance so far. Five times the reigning Moto2 world champion failed to finish and at the last Grand Prix in Germany he finished outside the points.
