Pecco Bagnaia savors this third place in Thailand as a victory. And he has every reason. Firstly because he took revenge on the wet track which had caused him problems in Japan. Then because the championship leader seemed to dissolve in the rain of Buriram. And that finally, and for the first time in such a blatant way, a rider from the same Ducati brand pledged allegiance to him, in the person of Johann Zarco who refused to attack him in view of the finish . A beautiful gesture from the Frenchman, completely overlooked by the Italian when taking stock of this 17th round of a championship that he now approaches with only two points behind Fabio Quartararo, three races from the goal...
Pecco Bagnaia finished third in the MotoGP race this Sunday in Buriram. The Italian finished 1,9 seconds behind the winner Miguel Oliveira and his KTM, first successfully defending his place against Marc Marquez, a third position that John Zarco however, never tried to steal it from him, despite the fact that he was much faster... The Pramac driver frankly explained about this situation. But since the red Ducati, how has it been experienced?
Here is the answer… “ to be honest, I wasn't happy before departure » he begins. “During the morning warm-up we tried to find the right rear tire for the dry race. Everything went perfectly, I was able to set a good pace. It was one of the best warm-ups of my life ". Yes, but… " When I then saw that after the Moto3 race it started to rain, not a little but a lot, I was a little depressed », admitted the Italian.
But fortunately, in the box Ducati, he is particularly pampered… “ I was lucky that Jack Miller came to see me and talked to me a lot. He gave me some advice. He's a real teammate. It will be difficult to relive something like this. I hope it will be the same with Enea next year ". Which we can doubt, because bastianini already makes it clear that he is no one’s second…
Pecco Bagnaia: “ Jack is my friend, Enea too ", and Johann?
The pilot of 25 years congratulated his teammate Jack Miller, who finished second: “ Jack is my friend, Enea too. But I have a very good bond with Jack, we know each other very well. It was weird being so slow in the wet in Japan and Indonesia. I'm usually not that slow, I'm not the best, but I'm not that slow either. The speed in this race is the result of Japan's anger ", said bagnaia. And Johann zarco ? What he did, or rather what he refused to do, is still a true gesture of friendship. But this is what the Italian says: “ like Marc Marquez, Zarco pushed very hard, but I was strong on the brakes, so I didn't make it easy for them to overtake ". And that will be all. Hopefully, at Ducati, we became a little more aware of the value of the gesture of the double Moto2 World Champion towards the title winner in the same category in 2018…
The result remains that now, bagnaia is only two points away from fabio quartararo... " It will be very important to be competitive in Australia. But it won't be easy, as the weather at this time of year is generally very mixed in Australia. Still, I'm really looking forward to riding it. It's one of my favorite tracks. I feel like we can do well there », ends a bagnaia who also knows how to count on his two companions from the VR46. To believe that fabio quartararo all you have to do is count on the independent Enea Bastianini who only thinks about himself exceptional bonus promised by Ducati if he finishes in the top three of the championship…
MotoGP Thailand: Race
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