Francesco Bagnaia looks set to battle with Marco Bezecchi at Le Mans and the cause of Barcelona’s lack of speed on the Ducati GP26 has now completely changed.
Two-time MotoGP champion Bagnaya He got a new lease on life in France and Catalonia in the last two rounds of race conditions. He initially struggled more than any other Ducati rider to adapt to the GP26, but the Jerez test proved to be largely a turning point.
While Bagnaia crashed from P2 at Le MansHe threatened to secure his first podium of the season at the French Grand Prix before losing out front at Turn 3. Bagnaia did not come out of Q1 in BarcelonaHe started from P13 on the grid to finish the Sprint race in P6.
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Bagnaya had to pass Aprilia Ace Bezechichi For P6 in the middle of his payment in Sprint Catalan Grand Prix This Saturday. of Ducati Racing moved on lap 8 of 12 when an Aprilia rider started to fall. Bezecchi eventually finished P9 after a late pass by Tech3’s Enea Bastianini.
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It marked the second week in a row that Bagnaia battled Bezecchi on the track. French GP Last Sunday at Le Mans. Bagnaia now feels those battles have proven that the issues he presented at GP26 were not related to corner entry.
Instead, Bagnaia now believes he and Ducati need to improve how the Italian maximizes the GP26’s acceleration and traction. Star of Gresini Alex Marquez won the Catalan sprint Aboard the Desmosedici GP26, he used superior speed to catch KTM rival Pedro Acosta.
“It’s the second week I’ve been fighting Bezeci, and I see if I can get time to get into the corner,” Bagnaya said. Sports world. But I’m losing speed and traction.
“It wasn’t like that at the beginning of the season, but now it is, we’ve made a big step in this area, and we just have to take one more small step. Above all, we’re lacking in traction, and our bike can really start to challenge them.”
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Bagnaia found an improved feel for the GP26 at the Jerez test, initially not getting a strong feel for the front end of the latest version of the Ducati Desmosedici in the first four rounds. His development comes after testing Ducati’s improved front aero at Jerez.
But the native of Turin knows that there is still more work to do before he can start fighting regularly at the front of the field. He also admitted that delivering a quick lap on new tires is something to be concerned about, having often been “very quick” on used tires in Barcelona.
“We were definitely making progress,” Bagnaya said. Sky Sports Italy. But on the used tires I can be very fast. I’m not losing as much as the others, because I don’t have the starting power. You can still see the leaders doing 1:39.2 in the race today.
“It’s not that I don’t want to do them, it’s just that I can’t because when I get into a jam I don’t have that initial push and I can’t do as much as I want to.
There are three corners where I have lost all the gaps, which are 5, 9 and 14, and we are working hard to get them or to get them like other Ducati riders. We’ve improved 3 and 4, so we’re on the right track and should continue with that.
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