Alarm bells? Pecco Bagnaia makes stark admission about Marc Marquez

"He had the chance to work, [...] and I wasn’t in the same🧸 situation yesterday…”

Francesco Bagnaia, 2025 MotoGP Buriram Test. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Francesco Bagnaia, 2025 MotoGP Buriram Test. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Two-time MotoGP World Champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia believes he is less prepared for the 2025 season than his 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Ducati Lenovo teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez following the final preseason test in Buriram.

Bagnaia had two days affected by technical issues at th𓂃e Buriram test this week which ultimately left him without time to do a full race simulation, and declare that it is Marquez who “looks in better shape”.

“It’s true that Marc [Marquez], in this moment, looks in better shape, because also yesterday he had the chance to work, he had the chance to feel okay on the bike and I w𓆏asn’t in the same situation yesterday,” Bagnaia told MotoGP.com’s After the Flag show followꦗing the end of the second day of testing in Buriram.

Bagnaia’s comments came after Marquez finished a race simulation with pace consistently in thꦐe 1:30s during the final day of preseason testing. The Spaniard’s pace stood o✃ut from the rest of the field, including Bagnaia, whose only experience on used tyres came from a a series of shorter runs, rather than one simulation.

“I didn’t do a simulation, just b🅺ecause it was more important for me to find a way and finish the 💎job because yesterday I lost completely, more or less, all the day, so today was to restart from zero and I didn’t have time to do [the simulation],” the Italian explained.

“What𒉰 I was doing is to do as many laps as possible with used tyres, and it wasn’t that bad co🗹nsidering the amount of laps I [had] on the tyres.”

On the comparison to Marquez, Bagnaia added:🤪 “It’s very difficult to know and to mak🃏e a mix in terms of pace with [multiple] runs and pace on a race simulation.

“What I want tꦡo say is that Marc did ꧅very impressive lap times and was very fast, competitive, and when I was stopping and restarting I was on the same level but this is not a correct way to balance it.”

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