Reigning double MotoGP champion F🐲rancesco Bagnaia was in real danger of a trip to Qualifying 1 as he left the factory Ducati garage for his final Friday practice run at COTA.

But the Italian jumped from outside the tꦯop ten to 4th on his penultimate lap of the hour and later insisted the day had been far be🔜tter than it looked from the outside.

“I feel good honestly. I think it’s the best Friday so far, also from a long time last year, so I’m happy,” said Bagnaia, seeking redem💟ption th☂is weekend after falling from a big lead one year ago.

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“My feeling was really good and we managed to do a good session. We did a different strategy to t🅠he others, with more laps on the medium rear.

“It worked and I’m happy, but we also saw that the soft♊ was with a good potential, so tomorrow we will do more laps on the soft to decide on the race tyre.”

Looking at the 0.4s gap to Pramac Ducati’s Jorge Martin and Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales at the headꩲ of the Friday timesh💟eets, Bagnaia said:

“For sure Jorge ♐did a really good lap time, like Maverick, 🦄but let’s see. Tomorrow will be different…”

Bagnaia has slipped to fourth in the wo🌌rld championship after tangling with Marc Marq🦋uez last time in Portimao.

Team-mate Enea Bastianini was eighth quickest.