Friday at the Aragon Mo💛toGP saw Francesco Bagnaia make more changes to both bike set-up and riding style in his quest to unlock the Ducati GP25’s potential.

The double world champion felt he had reasonable pace on ﷽used tyres, but on new soft tyres he was left 0.788s behind team-mate Marc Marquez, in ninth place.

“We are trying different things and it's not an easy situation because the bike is the same as the previous races, so we are trying to find different solutions,” said Bagnaia, who was trying the ‘longer’ Ohlins front fork.

“T🎃oday we decided to go with the long forks, and the feeling was the same, more or less.

“I'm struggling to put speed on the entrance [to the✅ corners] so it's the same limit that I’m having from the start [with the GP25].

“And in this track, where the grip is very low, it's eveꩵn worse becau🙈se you don't get the confidence to enter fast.

“When I try 🤡to enter fast, I lose the front, and it becomes worse with the time attack using the new soft rear.

“With the medium rear, I was quite confident with the pace. I was trying to be consistent with the used tyre and th𝄹e pace wasn't bad - apart from Marc, that at the moment is on another level.

“But considering the others, we were very close.

“Then as soon we put the soft rear, I started to struggle more. I only dropped 𝓡five tenths, and I started to have a lot of front locking. I was losing the front a lot, an♒d the understeer was huge.

“So we just need to cha🐓nge a bit the setup and maybe the balance of the bike for🐭 tomorrow, and try to find different solutions.”

Pecco Bagnaia: "I had 30 metres of locking"

Bagnaia has also tried to move away from his natural ha𒀰rd-braking riding style.

“The one o🐼f braking as much as I can, like I was doing before, is 🍎not working [with this bike],” he said.

“I'm losing the frontౠ while I'm straight. Today I had 30 metres of locking. So it's unbelievable and I need to do different things.”

Nevertheless, Bag🍌naia insists “winning💙” remains his target this weekend.

“I'm an optimistic guy. I know that we are speaking 🌊about details and that maybe tomorrow morning, some little changes can make a huge difference.

“We will try at least to start from the front row ꧂and then try to win the race.

“We know perfectly how Marc is strong here. He's making the difference. In Sector 2, he is giving to me five tenthꦐs. So we need to solve some prob🌳lems.

“But apart from that, we just need to be focused on the work because we know that the potential𓄧 that Marc is showing is there.

“So we need to find a way also for myself.”

Qualifying won’t just be ab🌠out starting as close to the front a𝔍s possible, but securing a place on the grippier part of the grid.

“We spoke about [the grid in the Safety Commi🌠ssion], we asked to clean it,” he confirmed. “But the problem is not that it’s very dusty, it's more that the grip is very low.

“Starting today from third position on the grid, I spun until the first corner. Then I started from second position, in tꦆhe middle, and I just spun a bit in third gear.”

Pecco Bagnaia: “I will never quit what I signed”

Bagnaia also addressed internet rumours that﷽ he could be a dream target for Yamaha next season, despite having a contract wi𒁏th Ducati until the end of 2026.

“That, I don't understand,” he saidܫ. “Because when there's a signed contract, like I said on Thursday in Silverstone, I will never quit whꦓat I signed. This is something that will never change in my life.

“I wa𓃲nt to stay in Ducati, Ducati want me to stay… until the finish of this contra🤪ct and also the next one. So I don't why.

“I started hearing a lot, seeing a lot of ﷽posts of me with [photoshopped] blue leathers.

“It's true that a rider like me thꦦat is in some hard moment, people can start thinking ‘maybe he will go’. But it's not what is h❀appening to me.”