At the end of the Sprint race and losing 7 points with respect to Jorge Martin leader Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia He recognized that his mistake was the wrong choice of the rear tire, the medium, compared to the soft chosen by the first and second, Martín and Binder.
“I made a mistake choosing the rear tire, although this time it was more normal. I think the soft is better and we decided to go with the medium because this morning I felt very good, I expected more, and I think that everyone who has We came out with the medium, the same. The soft one that got a little better and we made a mistake,” said Bagnaia.
“Tomorrow I will do what Jorge is doing. We will see, but clearly the center is not good today, a lot of time was lost in the first part of the acceleration and I tried to do a better entry and braking, but when the rear part did not give you have the maximum amount of grip, you start pushing too hard in the front and everything gets worse,” he explained.
“That’s how things are. I need to be calm tomorrow, because with the same result today I will be champion. And Jorge needs to win. We know very well how strong we are for Sunday’s race and I think we can be competitive. and fight for a podium,” assured the Italian driver without hesitation.
“Yesterday, unfortunately, we had problems with some things. We didn’t test the bike that I used today, which is a little different in its set-up, and as soon as I started using it the feeling was incredible . Luckily, now I don’t have to change anything,” he said.
Regarding the fight for the title that will move this Sunday after 44 races, he assured that “the pressure is on both of us and I think that Jorge Martín will have more problems tomorrow than today, because he has to win and not make mistakes . Not me, of course. Tonight I’ll have dinner with my team, and I hope to enjoy it but I’m pretty confident with my pace even though the rear tire messed up. I think the pressure is the same for both . us and we have to play our cards as well as possible. way possible.”
As for its strategy, ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia Asserting that: “if Martín is first, sure to attack, I can’t wait that long. Last year the situation was easier. I will give my maximum and if I come out in front and put myself first I will try to shoot, to try to manage everything, and when “With a lap left, study the situation a bit.”
Source: La Verdad
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