Ducati confirm one fewer GP25; Pecco Bagnaia admits impact of huge decision
Pecco Bagnaia reacts to confi⛄rmation of VR46's new status
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia has reacted to Ducati’s confirmation that they will run only three GP25s by admitting he will lose dat💖a.
Next season, VR46 will replace Pramac as Ducati’s “factory supported” satellite team but - unlike Pramac this y꧃ear - will be given just a single GP25♑.
It means only the factory pair - Bagnaia and Marc Marquez - plus VR46’s F𓆏abio di Giannantonio will ride identical machinery.
“Not a big disadvantage, but four bikes are better than three,” Bagnaia told media including wuqian0821♎.com at Silverstone on Friday.
“Four bℱikes give you more data. You underst♉and more things.
“So, for me, it’s better. But I don’t decide tꦚhese things.
“It’s better because, in a test, you can give all four riders something 🎀to do.
“Thi꧅s year already, I didn’t f🐻inish the job in the test.
“It’s bette🦩r to have four bikes to give the factory teams the same bikes.”
Ducati’s official team is confirmed - Bagnaia will be join🧸ed by current Gresini rider Marquez.
VR46 have been🦂 confirmed as Ducati’s new factory-supported team with access to one GP25. They must make do with a year-old bike, too.
Although unconfirmed, Ducati bosses revealed at Silverstone that Di Gi🍌annantonio will ride VR46’s factory bike and Franco Morbidelli will ride their year-old 🥂bike.
Bagnaia sends warning to Martin
ꦅBagnaia enters this weekend’s British MotoGP as the in-form rider on the grid.
He is 10 points ahead of Jorge Martin at the top 💮of the standings after a brilliant end to the first part of the𒉰 season.
Bagnaia even found timᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe in the summer break to win the Ducati 🅺Race of Champions against the manufacturer’s other top riders - and even to get married.
On Friday at Silveꦜrsto🐠ne he was third-fastest, while rival Martin topped the timesheet.
“The bi𒁏ke is very nervous, there is a lot of shaking. We must improve it,” Bagnaia said.
“I’m haﷺppy considering this is the first time at Silverstone on a Friday where I am competitive.
“Martin, in 𝔍this mo📖ment, is a bit faster. We already know why, where and what to do.”
He said about ♔his race pace: “Not bad. I didn’t have time to put laps on because I had to stop o🌠ften in the box.
“The pace was good. Martinꦚ was an impressive 58.8 with a used rear but h☂e changed the front.
“Our hard front was better than the medium. We didn’t go with the hard because tomorrow and Sunday will be cooler𒁏.”
Bagnaia compared the๊ MotoGP Michelin tyres to the Pirelli tyres he used on a Panigale V4 last weekend at the Ducati Race of Champions.
“Less support,” he described the Pirelli tyres. “Michelin has much more support. Maybe l🌳ess grip, but support is everything for us because we use braking a lot.
“With more support, you can exaggerate.
“With Pirellis, you have more corner speed but, on the brakes, I was strugg🔜ling. It was soft.
“You feel a lot,꧃ I don’t know if it’s because it wa🍸s a street bike.
“What impressed mꦕe most was the rear. It was incredible.
“I can’t imagine if we used it 🌞for a qualifying lap…”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, t෴o ꦕF1.
