Bagnaia takes responsibility for wrong tire selection

At the end of the sprint race, he lost 7 points. Jorge Martin leader Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia He acknowledges that his mistake was choosing the wrong rear tire, a medium tire compared to the soft tires chosen by first and second place Martin and Binder.

“This time it was more normal, but I made the wrong choice of rear tire. I think the soft was better and I chose the medium, because this morning it felt very good and I was expecting more, and I chose the medium. “I think it’s the same for everyone who has a medium. We used the medium. The soft was a little bit better, but we made a mistake,” Bagnaia said.

“Tomorrow we will do the same thing as Jorge. We will see how it goes, but it is clear that today we did not have a good midfield. We lost a lot of time in the first part of the acceleration and needed to enter and brake better. “When you try to do that and the rear part isn’t giving you maximum grip, you start pushing the front harder and everything gets worse,” he explained.

“The situation is as it is. Tomorrow we have to be calm because if we had the same result today we would be champions. And Jorge has to win. We know very well how strong we are going into Sunday’s race. I know and I think we can do it. We can be competitive and fight for the podium,” the Italian driver declared without hesitation.

“Yesterday, unfortunately, we encountered some issues. I didn’t test the bike I used today, but it was set up a little differently, but it felt great as soon as I started using it. Lucky In particular, there is no need to change anything now,” he said.

Regarding the title race, which approaches this Sunday after 44 races, he said: “The pressure is on both of us and I think Jorge Martin will be more of a problem tomorrow than today, because he has to win.” You can’t do that, and you mustn’t make a mistake.” “Of course, neither. I’m going to have dinner with the team tonight. I want to have fun, but I’m pretty confident in my pace, even though the rear tire is ruined. The pressure is the same on both. I think we have to play our cards in the best way possible. ”

As far as the strategy is concerned, “Pecco” Bagnaia “If Martin takes the lead, you can’t wait that long to make sure you attack. Last year the situation was easier. I’m going to give my best and if I go forward and put myself first , that’s what I’m going to do.” Make the shot, try to manage everything, and then say, “With 10 laps left, let’s analyze the situation a little bit.”