Francesco Bagnaia: “I know the win came because of a crash for Marc”

Francesco Bagnaia seizes COTA MotoGP✤ victory after Marc Marquez’s per🐈fect win streak ends with a crash from the lead in Texas.

Francesco Bagnaia, 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA
Francesco Bagnaia, 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia claimed a surprise first victory of the 2025 MotoGP season after team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez’s hopes of a per༒fect six-race winning streak ended in a crash from the lead at COTA.

Bagnaia, under mounting pressure after being outpaced by Marquez in every session so far this season, 🔥admitted the Spaniard was again on another level before making his big mistake.

After chaos on the grid as Marqu🐟ez triggered a mass exodus for slick tyres, the #93 converted his pole position into the early lead. Meanwhile, Bagn🥃aia launched from sixth to third, then overtook Alex Marquez on lap 4 of 19.

Marc was already out of reach and still setting a peerless pace, but he crashed after being caught out by the Turn 4 kerb on lap 9. Once in the lead, Bagnaia monitored a two-second lead over the Gresini m💝achine of new title leader Alex Marquez.

“It’s an incredible feeling, I’m very happy. It’s 🐷the first time I’ve won here at COTA,” Bagnaia said.

“I know that the win came because of a crash for Marc. He was faster than us, faster than everybody else today. So I was just trying to match his pace as best as possible🎀.

“As soon as I saw him crash, I just kept pushing to open the gap to Alex. He was still very close, and it wasn’t easy - he was gaining a lot in Sector 1, stayi𝄹ng𒊎 close in Sector 2, and I was only able to pull away in Sector 3 by braking hard into Turn 12.”

Bagnaia, Alex Marquez, 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA
Bagnaia, Alex Marquez, 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA

Bagnaia will🙈 hopꦕe his victory marks a turning point after struggling to exploit his usual braking strength on the latest GP25, even though it is heavily based on last year’s GP24.

“The start of the season hasn’t been easy. From the winter tests to the first two races, I struggled to fin✅d my feeling under braking. But this we🦩ekend helped me a lot - I finally found what I was searching for,” he said.

“I’m reallyꦍ happy for my team, because they’re the ones always pushing me and making me smile while I ride. So thanks to them, thanks to my team at home who always work super hard to help me.

“I’m just super happy ꦍtoday… 𒅌I’ve already lost my voice!”

Marc “was aggressive over the kerbs”

Ma⛦rquez’s race unravelled at Turn 4, where he lost the front after cutting too much of the wet kerb a🐭nd was sent sliding across the track.

“I could see he was ve☂ry aggressive over the kerbs,” Bagnaia explained.

“To be that competitive, you have to cut a lot into Turn 4, but it was probably stꩲill a bit wet. Normally, I also try to use that kerb, but in today’s warm-up lap, I touched it and the grip wasn’t good.

“I saw him lose the front… But if he hadn’t crashed, he would have still been pulling away, b🐼eca𝄹use his pace was fantastic.”

Marc Marquez, Bagnaia, 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA
Marc Marquez, Bagnaia, 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA

Bagnaia: "I feel better than last year"

After his first COTA win, Bagnaia is focused 🙈on building momentum as MotoGP heads to Qatar.

“It’s di💛fficult to say if I’m back to that sweet feeling of last year’s GP24.

“But last year, I really struggled 𒀰here at COTA. I finished eighth in the Sprint and fifth in the race.

“Th🌺is year, I’v♑e made a big step forward. Compared to last year, I felt much better.

“The next on👍e is Qatar, a ver𓆉y good track for me, so I’ll just keep working and keep improving.”

Bagnaia has closed🦹 to within 12 points of new world championship leader Alex Marquez and is one point behin🧜d Marc.

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