Bagnaia: “Everything went perfect today”

The Italian Francesco ‘Pecco’ BagnaiaIt showed itself “happy, but not one hundred percent”, even though “everything was perfect today.”

“I did what I expected yesterday, I expected this speed yesterday, but I didn’t have the chance to achieve it, and everything went perfect today,” said Bagnaia, who is closer to reaffirming his world title.

“I tried to push from the start to have my ideal career “and it has been very good to lead again and make my pace, because I haven’t achieved this in a long time, I’m happy with the speed we showed, but not because I made a mistake today like before. , in 2021, with Johann Zarco,” he admitted. the world leader.

“I usually learn from my mistakes, but in any case, I didn’t expect this much suction effect from its slipstream.“We have to be happy, Di Giannantonio has been very fast throughout the weekend and his pace was better today,” acknowledged Bagnaia, who said he expected that performance from Di Giannantonio.

“I expected it. What I didn’t expect was that the race pace was as fast as yesterday, they were similar and normally with less lap you tend to push harder, but when I pushed, he was always close and then I knew there was something. ” more. I tried, but it wasn’t enough,” lamented Bagnaia.

De Martín pointed out: “Jorge had a very bad start that made him lose positions and I also saw that he had difficulties in terms of pace. I don’t know what happened to him, honestly maybe, the same thing happened to me that happened to me yesterday.”

“We have to deal with these kinds of situations and you can prepare the weekend perfectly and then it is different from the race. We know very well that, nowadays, these kinds of problems are increasing because the speed and the limit have advanced, so we are running faster and faster,” he explained about the tire problem.

“Last year we were 10, 15, 20 seconds slower in some circuits, like in Malaysia and a small defect in the tire could have ruined everything. Yesterday, the rear was not as perfect as I used to be morning and that I lost two or three tenths per lap, and that could have made a big difference,” recalled Bagnaia.

“Yesterday I was lucky that the race was only 11 laps and coming to Valencia with this distance was the best possible position., but with the distribution of 37 points per weekend and the situation we have, perhaps the weather conditions, there are many factors. It won’t be easy, but we arrived in Valencia in the best situation,” he admitted.

“Last year I suffered a lot in Valencia, although I had a difference of 23 points at that time. I think now I will come to Valencia in a similar situation, but ready for what may happen. What worries or scares me the most is the unknown of the weather, because you don’t know what will happen to you on November 26 in Valencia,” commented Bagnaia.

“Sure, We are in the best possible position, leading and with an advantage of 21 pointsso Jorge has to push and we can cope a little bit, even if starting in management is not the best to face the pressure, the best thing is to focus and do the same strategy every weekend,” insisted the leader. of the World Cup, admitting that this year will be “more difficult than 2022.”