Pecco Bagnaia on Ducati’s turnaround in Barcelona: “Biggest difference was the tyres”
Francesco Bagnaia admits Michelin’s 2024 tyre compounds provided the platform fo👍r them to be🔯 victorious in Barcelona.

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 Aprilia, Ducati reigned supreme durꦿing S♛unday’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 Espar🎀garo with four la✃ps 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 grand prix.
The two-time MotoGP champion said: “For me, th💖is 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 and Aprilia were stronger because the grip was very low when it w💦as dirty, but from that we cleaned a bit and it was bett💟er.
“I didn’t change the set-up from the start of the weekend because I was settled with it and didn’t want to. The biggest change cꦯompared to last year was the tyres.”
In terms of the race itself, Bagnaia was sma♐rter than Martin as he conserved more tyres in the early stages.
Able to close in late on, Bagnaia made his first overtake count as he sent a statement by overta🐬king at turn five, the same corner which was his undoing in the sprint.
“I starte💯d well and tried to set my pace but Jorge and Pedro were pushing a lot,” added Bagnaia.
“I tried to follow them for oꦡne 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 managing 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 race I was able to be fast entering the corners. 𒀰It 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 important toꩵ 🌳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.”