Thailand MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia admits “I have to think about it” after fifth crash of season as he vies for title
The Ducati rider arrived at Motegi 10 points behind leader and reigning champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2022 MotoGP standings, but he departed with an 18-point deficit.
Bagnaia dramatically crashed out and narrowly avoided contact with Quartararo - it is the fifth time ♈he has retired early from a race (Qatar, France, Catalonia, Germany, Japan).
“The mistake, in this moment I can’t do it. I have already crashed five times this year,” he reflected to BT Sport. “꧅So,👍 I have to think about it…”
Bagnaia knows the door is ♚closing on a potential first MotoGP championship wi♊th only four races remaining, beginning in Thailand this weekend.
But he also knows that last week’s performance can’t be repeated if he has any hope of usurping Quartararo: “We have to understand why I was so slow in the wet, because in the next race the possibꩲility of [wet conditions] is high.
“I🍌t will be very important to understand why I was struggling, why I didn’🦄t have the pace.
“It is strange because normally I am comಌpetitive.”
He said about the momen൲t his race ended in Japan: “I did a mistake, a huge mistake.
“I didn’t br♌eathe in this moment. I tried to overtake Fabio, to have more possibility to also overtake Vinales, but𝕴 it was too soon. I was too far behind with a big gap.
“I am happy that I didn’t touch Fabio during the crash. It would have been a disaster, in that cas🦋💎e.
“The only good thing was that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro had a problem and Fabio wasn’t so competitive so I d🔥idn’t lose too many points.”
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