Carlo Pernat’s body language is a clear sign that Francesco Bagnaia no longer feels “at home” at Ducati, and the Italian is looking forward to joining Aprilia in 2027.
It’s an open secret in the MotoGP paddock. Bagnaya And Ducati Currently, they have embarked on a very embarrassing farewell tour that none of them can confirm. It is widely known Aprilia They are set to sign Bagnaia after Jorge Martin agreed to move to Yamaha for 2027.
The MotoGP teams have a secret agreement that they will not reveal their rider line-up for next year unless they reach a new collective commercial agreement. Although now the deal is said to be close, it will trigger the horse market announcements.
Both went out in a five-rider accident at the start of April! 😲 Was George Martin’s double long ban fair?
Martin, Bezecchi, Di Giannantonio, Aldeguer and Fernandez are out.
Francesco Bagnaia’s body language at Balaton Park shows he can’t wait to leave Ducati
Bagnaia is expected to join Aprilia from 2027 Noel’s four-year contract, which has a break clause after 2028, has left him behind as the outfit look for the Italian line-up. Martin signing with Yamaha for 2027. Marco Bezecchi is under contract with Aprilia until 2028.
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Pernat believes Bagnaia is counting down the days until he makes the switch, paying close attention to the Italian’s body language at Balaton Park last weekend. Although Bagnaia took P3 in Hungarian GP For a third consecutive podium, Pernat thinks the 29-year-old doesn’t feel “at home” at Ducati and has shown clear signs that he wants this season to end.
“Baghnaya’s Stumbling Block” Pernat They spoke GPON. “He even said at the press conference, ‘I don’t know why I came.’
“Peco is waiting to finish the result with Ducati. It’s not his home now. From the looks, you can see how he carries himself.”
Hungarian GP winner Pecco Bagnaia admits ‘not my fight’ after finishing P3
Bagnaia and Pernat felt somewhat fortunate to finish P3 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, benefiting from the riders caught in the Turn 1 crash that brought Martin. Martin killed himself, Bezecchi, Fabio di Giantantonio, Raul Fernandez and Fermin Aldeguer.
The boss of Ducati Luigi Dall’Igna feels Bagnaia’s slow start in Hungarian GP. The Turin native initially fell behind Bezecchi and Fernandez, preventing him from being caught in the act. Martin was sitting alongside Bagnaia when he lost control of the Aprilia under braking.
A small wheel spin off the grid left Bagnaia with a small wheel, which Martin said was lucky after the Hungarian GP crash. But achieving anything more than P3 was “not my fight”, with Bagnaia finishing 11.632s ahead of team-mate Marc Marquez’s Pedro Acosta to win the Hungarian GP in a tightly fought 1.343s.
“I still don’t know what I’m going to do here,” Bagania said of his stage at Balaton Park. Paddock-GP. “Fortunately, I made a small mistake in the beginning.
“It wasn’t a good start and I was a bit behind when I braked and I saw that Martin couldn’t stop and he crashed into everyone at the first corner. I lost two places then, but I recovered in the second corner and got third.
“I tried to keep up with the first two. But after five or six rounds I realized that I had no chance. They had a different shot, and I realized that this was not my fight.”
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