Bagnaia: “It will be difficult to recover more than twenty points, but I will go out to win both races”

The Italian Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP24) recognized this Thursday, the day before the start of the Barcelona Grand Prix MotoGP Solidaritywhere he will try to prevent Spaniard Jorge Martín from winning the title, which “It is true that it is very difficult to recover twenty points in a grand prix”, but his “goal has to go out and win both races.”

“First of all, I’m happy to run this race here. What a great mission to help Valencia after the disaster they sufferedbut in competition my aim is to go out and win both races, give my best and make it on Sunday. Then, whatever happens, happens. This circuit suits me very well and in May we were very competitive and we have to take it as a definite advantage,” said the Italian driver.

Bagnaia recalled that in May’s race his team’s two drivers finished first and second and “the third finished 11 seconds behind.” “So that we can show again that our level is high, although I hope someone can get through the match. My mission is to succeed, even if Jorge (Martín) can be smart and good and think about winning the titlebut pressure can play a decisive role until Sunday,” he said.

Italian added He will not “do absolutely anything to jeopardize the opponent’s result.” “I’m going to give my all in both races and then whatever has to be, will be. I know that the level we have now is enough to give the title to Jorge, because even if he slows down a bit, it’s. difficult for it’s up to him.” off the podium. That is the reality, but I am not going to try to generate anything. What happens, will happen,” said the double MotoGP world champion.

“I know he can count on some help like Aleix Espargaró and I can also count on some of the VR46 Academy pilots, so We are more or less in the same situation. “He has a 24-point lead, so he can take leave.”he emphasized.

Bagnaia emphasized that this season he “made a lot of mistakes” and also had “a bit of bad luck in situations like at Le Mans or the three times” where “other drivers threw him, while Jorge was very accurate and made fewer mistakes, he was right or accepted, not a victory, but a second positionand it marked the situation.”

“I feel freer now. I have to go one hundred percent and give it my all, enjoy and try to win, but you never know because you can’t escape the pressure and it’s hard to lead like that, we are competitive and we have to try to enjoy as much as possible in a weekend that will be very good, but we will try to give our best, even if giving our best may not be enough, so we will see,” said ‘Pecco’.

And, sincerely, he said: “We both deserve the title for how we have worked, but in terms of mistakes, you have to be more precise, more regular, and he has proven to be more regular than me.; With the results I obviously did well because I won ten races on Sunday and six races on Saturday, so in terms of pure results we did a very good job, but we both deserved the title.