Pecco Bagnaia on Ducati’s turnaround in Barcelona: “Biggest difference was the tyres”

Francesco 🥃Bagnaia admits Michelin’s 2024 tyre compounds provided the platform for them to be victorious in Barcelona.

Francesco Bagnaia Catalunya
Francesco Bagnaia Catalunya

Winless at the Catalunya MotoGP in 2023 as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro did the double for Apri💃lia, Ducati reigned supreme during Sun🎃day’s grand prix as they locked out the podium.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia took victory after overtaking 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin with six laps to go, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez got the better of E🍰spargaro with four laps remaining for P3.

Although Ducati didn’t appear to be the favourites on Friday, their performance 🐟got stronger and stronger as the weekend went on.

And Bagnaia hinted at one key area as to why they were dominant in Sunday’s gr♒and prix.

The two-time MotoGP champion sa🎐id: “For me, this year was different. I think that the tyres have helped us a lot. But already on Friday we could see that Marc’s pace, Jorge’s pace and my pace was competitive.

“So I think, in FP1 KTM were a bit stronger ℱand Aprilia were stronger because the grip was very low when it was dirty, but from that we cleaned a bit and it was better.

“I didn’t change the set-up from the start of t𒀰he weekend because I was settled with it and didn’t want to. The biggest change compared to last year was the tyres.”

In terms of the race itself, 💙Bagnaia was smarter than Martin as🌃 he conserved more tyres in the early stages.

Able to close in late on, Bagna𒐪ia made his first overtake count as he sent a statement by overtaking at turn five, the same corner w🎀hich was his undoing in the sprint.

“I star🦄ted well and tri♐ed to set my pace but Jorge and Pedro were pushing a lot,” added Bagnaia.

꧙“I tried to follow them for one lap but I felt that for my tyres it was a bit too much so I just waited a bit🌜 more.

“After ten laps I started gaining back the speed with Jorge. It wasn’t♌ easy because managinဣg the rear was a good thing but the front was dropping a lot so it wasn’t easy.

“But in the last part of the racꦓe I was able to be fast entering the corners. It was where the greatest [difference] between myself and Jorge.

“I’m very happy because after the sprint I was very angry and disappointed. It was imp♌ortant to do something in corner five to forgive what I did🌜.

“Overtaking there was the best place because I was really strong in turn four on entry and with corner speed. I decided to go in there but was praying to not lose the🌜 front.”

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