Pecco Bagnaia He was more upset about not being able to advance directly to Q1 than he was about Cheste’s harassment. Jorge Martin During the final quarter of Valencia Community GP practice. Still, he used his intelligence to send a message to his rivals.
“It’s like the last three fights, he’s always done this, he’s done well. He’s right that he’s trying to do something, but I think he better look after himself.” As said, he has to win both races and he’s not the fastest at the moment, so I think he’d better focus on himself.It was so late that I should have gone in anyway. To be honest, he’s already done it in three races. ”Bagnaia broached the topic of harassment to keep his rivals on their toes.
Commenting on this Friday’s performance, Bagnaia said: “Seeing how difficult it was for me, I expected that I wouldn’t make it to Q2, but that was clear. This morning was difficult for me, and the afternoon was the same. Normally I can do something about it,” he admitted. I’ll finish my work well on Friday, but I’m not finished today. Fortunately, we can already see the data: losing 0.5 seconds in three corners is quite a bit, but fortunately there are only three corners, and we’ve managed to address the problem well. We will try to improve for tomorrow, we have time to do that and we will think about how to do it better,” the Turin native explained.

“I don’t have a lot of feeling on the front axle and when I run the bike, I lose a lot of time, especially going into turns 1, 2 and 6. I lose half a second in those three corners. I’ll put it away.”’ He continued empathizing with the situation.

In order to earn one of two playoff passes, Bagnaia has plenty of competition to consider. Marini, Alex Marquez, Quartararo, Bastianini.

“It’s definitely going to be a difficult Q1, but as always we’ll do our best and find a solution to the problem. We’re not obligated to win the World Cup on Saturday, so we’re very calm.” ”

And he joked about the Ducati team order for Q1: “How many Ducatis will there be in Q1? I’ll ask everyone to take off the gas (lol). No, there doesn’t need to be a team order, I Don’t do that.” Good. “

“If we had already made it to Q2, I think we would have had a calmer night. On the other hand, sometimes we hit the ball a little more, but it’s the same.”