Francesco Bagnaia has revealed how a crash in Spanish Grand Prix practice ruined his chance to test Ducati’s planned new upgrades during the break.
Ahead of the race weekend in Jerez, Bagnaya shared his hopes for a new reform. It is what he said. Ducati It was brought to Spain to solve the problems with the 2026-spec GP26.
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But two minutes into the schedule, disaster struck. The Ducati star crashed in turns And he was forced to return to the pits and jump on the exchange machine.
The cameras around the circuit quickly cut to the Ducati boss David Tardozi With his head in his hands on the wall of the Bologna bullet hole, why remains largely a mystery. Bagania The rear tire seems to panic in the braking zone.
Francesco Bagnaia has revealed how Ducati was ‘trying what could have helped’ before the crash.
Following the fall of the checkered flag Spanish Grand Prix On Friday afternoon, Bagnaia gave his thoughts to the media in the MotoGP paddock about his early crash in the final practice of the day.
The Italian revealed how he relished the chance to try out Ducati’s latest update.
He told reporters. Motorsport ItalyWe were trying a little thing this afternoon that could have helped us a lot but I broke right away and Alex (Marquez) is getting used to it so we’ll try again tomorrow.
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“It was definitely important to be in the top ten, and in any case we were very close to second place. Alex made a big difference.”
Then asked to explain the accident from his perspective, he replied: “I wanted to follow Alex, because I thought he would help me.
But at that point he was taking things in stride, I went hard right away to get close, and I had to brake a bit more. At that time the front was closed, but this could be.
All in all, the accident could not have been too bad for the Italian rider. He still secures a slot in Q2 for tomorrow and will battle it out with his rivals for a spot on the front row of the grid.
He added: “I was very calm today, because I know I made a mistake, if you panic, you can’t do anything.
“Above all, on the bike we had out in the garage, we didn’t have the improvements we wanted to try, but we weren’t that bad in terms of speed and feel. We were able to work and understand the direction a bit, so I think we’ll be fine tomorrow.”
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