The Italian Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP24), best time on the first day of practice for the Grand Prix of San Marinoadmitted that he was “a little scared” because he was “not feeling the best.”
“I felt a lot of pain, in my shoulder, in my ribs, I didn’t feel good. Then, except for the first two or three laps, where I had to warm up a bit, everything went better, not one. hundred percent, but I can concentrate on driving, on understanding the set-up,” said Bagnaia.
“This morning has been complicated, I’m trying to do a good job, but every change of direction is like a knife stuck in my side, and that’s not the best feeling, luckily we’re in Misano, a place which I know perfectly well, and when I can concentrate only on driving, the situation is very different, it gives me a lot of confidence,” he insisted.
“The goal for today was to finish in the top ten and I finished first, the moment of the fastest lap went very well, the pace was fantastic, so I am very happy,” stressed Bagnaia, who admitted needing painkillers “but nothing too . many.” loud, because it is worse.”
“Tomorrow, I will go back to not taking anything in the morning, because I have to concentrate on the important moments, so I have to grit my teeth, because Marc and Jorge have already done some laps on the soft tire and we have I saw that it is a competitive tire, and I tried more than medium and I felt pretty good, so we have to understand which one to use,” explained Bagnaia about the tires.
Source: La Verdad
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