It will be a crucial weekend for the MotoGP world challenge: Pecco Bagnaia cannot afford any other mistakes after the fall at Motegi.
Pecco Bagnaia focuses attention on the next MotoGP round at Buriram, Thailand, a crucial junction for the race for the world title. After the crash on the last lap of the Motegi GP, we must immediately file what happened and find new incentives to do well at the Chang International Circuit and resume the climb to the top. At the summer break he was 91 points away from Fabio Quartararo, now they are just 18, but before Motegi they were only 10.
The team rider Ducati factory he reflected at length on the mistake at the Twin Ring, the five retirements of the season offset the six wins and the podium, preventing him from dominating despite being the only one in the premier class to boast such a number of victories. Behind him alone Enea Bastianini who has collected four triumphs. “I’m still thinking about it and analyzing everything today“, Bagnaia commented at the press conference. In Thailand we need to treasure the mistakes of the previous Sunday and understand how to avoid them quickly.
Bagnaia and Ducati are forbidden to make mistakes
Even in the coming weekend the uncertain weather will play its part, predictable when you come to run in these tropical locations, where showers and high temperatures alternate. In the press conference on Thursday, the Turin player still mulls over what happened in the last championship outing. “When I think about the crash, I can only say that I was trying to finish ahead of Fabio. It was only a point, but it would have been very important for the championship. Unfortunately at that moment I was too ambitious because I tried to overtake him despite being too far behind“.
Rain worries the Ducati garage, both in Indonesia and in Japan rain tires they do not seem to go down to Pecco Bagnaia, despite the progress made by the sole supplier Michelin. “In certain conditions I have great difficulties, but I think we have some good ideas to improve the feeling … The soft tire is too soft, with the medium there is less grip, which makes choosing a compound very complicated“.
In the latest edition of GP of Thailand Held in 2019, the third free practice session was held in the wet, so there are already some data available. And we start looking at those waiting to hit the track and collect new feedback suitable for today’s prototypes. For the race it is Quartararo starting with the underdogs, but Pecco has the layout in mind: “Sector 1 is optimal for Ducati because there is only one corner. Sector 3, on the other hand, is our weak point, but this year our package should help us a little in this section“.
