But Bagnaia concedes🌜 he might also need to change his weekend strategy.

The reigning champion had seen a 66-point advantage over Jorge Martin disappear by the Indonesian Sprint, as the Pramac rider hammered home six wins and a second plac✨e from 🦹seven races.

Although a shock fall from the lead of the Mandalika Grand Prix halted Martin’s charge, he was back on top of the timesheets during practice and qualifying in Phill🃏ip Island.

But Martin’s soft tyre gamble backfired on the f𝄹inal lap of Saturday’s Australian MotoGP when he was swamped by the chasing pack and drop🎃ped from first to fifth.

Second for Bagnaia thus boosted his title lead to 27 points he♔ading into Buriram this weekend, which will be followed by Sepang, Lusail and the Valencia finale.

While Martin’s mishaps have played into Bagnaia’s hands in the last two races, the Italian indicated he ex🃏pects to have the pace to take on the yoꦐung Spaniard in Buriram and Sepang.

“The next two races I'm looking forward to, in Thailand and then in Malaysia, because they are circuits where I’m very, very🐟 strong,” Bagnaia said.

“And all the circuits where last year 🎐I🌼 was strong, this year I'm very strong…”

However, Bagnaia, who has missed direct Qualifying 2 aꦕccess for the past two events, revealed he is considering a ch♕ange of weekend strategy.

While focusing heavily on race set-up haꦺs paid off by the grand prix races, it leaves him less prepared for time attacks, putting him at risk of missing out on Qua🐼lifying 2 (as happened in Mandalika, where he started 13th).

“One thing that I don't know if it's good to continue, but my strategy during the session is qu✨ite different compared to all the others,” Bagnaia explained.

“It helps me to be very prepared every time for the race. But not prepared to be in the first position whenꩵ it counts [for the time attack].

“Because this weekend, for example, when we put the soft tyre I wasn't ready ওfor this amount of grip.

"The difference between medium and soft on the left side of the tyreꦉ was huge and I was in trouble with it.

“We finished the work on Saturday morning, luckily [qualifying in 3rd]. And we wereꩵ prepared for the race.

"But maybe we have to start thinking in another way. And 🐟be more prepared also for the time attack.”

Free practice at Buriram, where Bagnaia qualified a close third in the dry a🌠nd finished third in the wet, st☂arts on Friday.