2024-09-21 17:08:57
Pecco Bagnaia returns to the top spot on the podium after a bad start in the sprint race of the Gran Premio dell’Emilia Romagna, which will take place this weekend at the Misano circuit. The Italian has said that it is still too early to draw conclusions, but he declares that he will do everything possible to keep first place overall.
At the end of the race he spoke to the press and admitted that he pushed himself to the limit for much of the race, which made him run very competitive times: “My best lap today would give me the chance to start from the second row which is incredible. We were pushing hard, after losing a position at the start I found myself behind Binder, but he had incredible speed. So I got in touch, I immediately closed the gap with Martin and five or six laps earlier they started thinking about overtaking him.”
The Ducati rider made a poor start, although he quickly began to close in on Jorge Martin, setting a pace that not many could follow: “I saw the difference from him and I thought ‘ok, now I can do it.’ I did a good lap when I was in the lead, not pushing too hard, I improved my first three sectors, I’m very happyIt was not easy to shoot at this speed, but we worked very well. Tomorrow we will have a similar fight with Jorge, but starting like this is perfect. “
The two-time world champion indicated that good tire management will be essential for tomorrow’s race, especially considering Enea Bastianini as one of the guests in the fight for victory: “Yesterday Jorge and I were very fast on the medium rubber, and Eithne suffered a little. In the long races Eithne is very fast at the end so I’d say he’ll be there too.”
The low temperatures helped the Italian driver set a more competitive pace, although he admitted they will keep it until the new 2025 tyres: “The lower temperature helps you get closer to what’s in front of you, but the problem always remains the same. Once I got to the front I had no problem with the front tire, so I think “We will continue to have this problem until we have this base.”
“In the last two GPs my bike always seems to want to wheelie at the start“, said Bagnaia regarding the problems he has at the start and those he has to solve for the next long race this weekend in Misano:”We usually remove the counterwheel, to better control the outputand maybe this time it would be helpful. It is not always normal to lose jobs in this way and especially here. It would be important to be in the lead straight away because of the pressure from the front tyres, an aspect we will have to improve a little bit for tomorrow.”
In that sense, the #1 admitted that he enjoyed competing hand in hand with Martin, although he indicates that he hopes to have a good battle with the Spaniard tomorrow: “Tomorrow will be a little different, but today I wouldn’t have taken second place because I knew I had potential that I couldn’t waste. I knew I had it and I tried in every way to be close to Jorge. It’s always complicated with a rival like him who is very strong. We’ll see tomorrow, but I’ll run with the socks, which I like a bit more and it will help.”
Finally, he revealed that at this moment he only thinks about winning every weekend if he wants to lead the general classification, saying that it is very difficult not to make a mistake on the track: “Right now everything is victory, because if you finish second today it means losing points against Jorge. He thinks the same, so you always have to work as hard as you can. The margin between winning and losing is very small. “It’s really hard to compete like this at the border without making mistakes,” mentioned by Pecco Bagnaia.
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