168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia narrowly held on to a direct Qualifying 2 spot for the Argentine MotoGP, but not without a scare.

A late crash at Turn 2 with just minutes remaining in Friday practice left the Ducati Lenov✅o rider watching from the sideli🐎nes as his rivals improved their times.

Bagnaia, who had been sixth 𒉰before the fall, was eventually pushed down to tenth, clinching the final automatic Q2 spot by the narrowest of margins.

Much to his relief, he esca൲ped unscathed and remained optimistic despite finishing 16th anﷺd 10th in the two track sessions.

“A lot!” Bagnaia told MotoGꩵP.com, when asked if he felt relieved after the dramatic conclusion to Frid🍃ay practice.

“I was✨ already seeing my♛self out of Q2. It could have been a shame.

“But I’m happy. Happy because my feeli♏ng was much better this afte𝔍rnoon.

“We did a good step in terms of setup of the bike,🐷 and it helped me a lot.

“Happy because final𝓀ly I feel much better on braking and entering [the corners]. And tomorrow we will try to do another step.”

Third in Thailand, Bagnaia is under pressure to respond after new🌄 Ducati Lenovo team-mate Marc Marquez dominated the Buriram season opener with a perfect double of Sprint and Grand Prix wins.

Marquez then picked up where h🍎e left offℱ by leading both Friday sessions in Argentina.

But with grip levels rapidly improving at the dusty Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, Bagnaia emp🌟hasised that rediscovering confidence on the brakes was essential for his chances.

“The grไip changed also during the session because in the last part ﷽it was much better,” he explained. “I think it will be like this all weekend.

“Tomorro🌱w in theജ Sprint race we will do the best lap in the last laps and also in the [Sunday] race. So the important thing is that I have a good feeling back on braking. This was my main target.”

Asked if he feels ready to battle the Marquez brothers - first and second in Thailand and separated only by Fabio di Giannantonio on Friday - Bag𝓡naia replied:

“I feel ready to fight. Who it will be, will be. But I feel🌺 ready to fight.”