Pecco Bagnaia on Ducati’s turnaround in Barcelona: “Biggest difference was the tyres”

Francesco Bagnaia admits Michelin’s 2024 tyre compounds provided the platform for them to be victorious in Barcelon♎a.

Francesco Bagnaia Catalunya
Francesco Bagnaia Catalunya

Winless at the Catalunya MotoGP in 2023 as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro did the double❀ for Aprilia, Ducati reigned supreme during Sunday’s grand prix as they locked out the podium.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia took victory after overtaking 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin with six laps to go, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez got the better of Espargaro 🎉with four laps remaining for P🗹3.

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 a🌳t one key area as to why they were dominant in Sunday’s grand prix.

The two-time MotoGP champion🍌 sa𒊎id: “For me, this 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, i🍷n FP1 K💛TM were a bit stronger and Aprilia were stronger because the grip was very low when it was dirty, but from that we cleaned a bit and it was better.

“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 compared to last year was the tyres.”

In term🌊s of the race itself, Bagnaia🔯 was smarter than Martin as he conserved more tyres in the early stages.

Able to close in late on, B🍒agnaia made his first overtak💖e count as he sent a statement by overtaking at turn five, the same corner which was his undoing in the sprint.

“I started well and tried to 🐬set my pace but Jorge and Pedro were pushing a lot,” added Bagnaia.

“I tried to follow them𝕴 for one lap but I felt that for my tyres it was a bit too much so I just wai♏ted 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. It was where the greatest [difference] between myself and Jorge♛.

“I’m very happy because after tꦫhe sprint I was very angry and disappointed. It was impor📖tant to 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.”

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