Ducati’s Pecco Bagnaia says his podium in the MotoGP Spa🥀nish Grand Prix spri💝nt is “bittersweet” because he still “cannot be competitive like I want” on Saturdays.

The double MotoGP world champion has repeatedly struggled in sprint races this year, highlighting a long-standing issue with the🌊 feeling of his bike when it is running the smaller fuel tank mandated for the half-distance contests.

Qualifying third on the grid, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pecco Bagnaia was immediately jumped by fourth-placed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez ไon the Gresini Ducati and cou꧋ld do nothing to overhaul him again.

He fended off an attack from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli on the opening lap and was able to build🌃 a gap to the group of riders behind him.

Boosted to a podium position after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo fell on lap two, Bagnaia took the chequered flag two seconds behind Alex Marquez and 3.017s adrift of race-winning team-mate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez.

“Bittersw🌟e☂et feeling,” he said of the podium at Jerez on Saturday.

“𓃲It’s always the same; I’m starting𒅌 in a position and getting stuck there.

“Every time I’m trying to get closer to t𝓀he guy in front of me I’m starting to struggle with the tyres, and I have to leave a bit [of space].

“So, this is it. We need to improve. I need to understand what to do because, honestly, I’m doing the samꦺe as always but in the sprint race I cannot be as competitive like I want.

“So, that means tomorrow I can be much more competitive,🐠 I can fight and I know 100% it is like this. But it’s not enough for me because I want to improve on ♊Saturdays.”

Bagnaia is now 31 points off the championship lead heading𒅌 into Sunday’s grand prix as he looks to add to his tally of three successive Spanish GP victorie📖s.