Portimao MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia: Race length not the problem, ‘depends on the rider approach’

Bagnaia, who took his second MotoGP win of the weekend at Portimao, managed to again remove himself from the chaos of the opening few lapဣs.
After making a double overtake on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira to close out lap two, Bagnaia avoided a costly mistake from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez at turn three, an error that saw 😼the eight-time world champ💫ion ruin the races of both riders Bagnaia overtook.
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Speaking after S🧔aturday’s Sprint race, where yet more collisions took place and resulted in injuries for the likes of Bagnaia’s teammate Enea Bastianini,𓂃 the reigning champion spoke out about what is the cause for riders being overly aggressive at times.
Bagnaia added: "Yesterday I didn’t say anything about what the o𓃲ther riders were saying because I wa𝄹s sure that it was the same thing today.
"It’s always like this. It doesn’t depend if you have soft, medium or hard tyres, or 12/25 laps🧸, it depends onಞ the approach of each rider.
"This track, for sure, is a track that’s easier to make mistakes because it is more close. The length [width] of the tarmac is not as big ꦐas Qatar maybe, and Qatar has no corners like turn three in this track.
"Everyone is aggressive because everyone wants to get a good result and start the season iꦬn a good ♋way. It doesn’t depend on the Sprint or main race. It depends on the approach of the rider."
𝄹Marquez needed hand surgery a✨fter causing a crash on Sunday, ruling him out of the Argentina MotoGP.
Bagnaia, who gained a big advantage due to the turn three incident, unexpectedly came under rac🔯e-long pressure from Vinales, as a battle for the lead looked set to take place.
Instead, the factory Ducati rider kept just enough tyre underneath him to respond on every🤡 occasion that Vinales ramped up his pace.
Bagnaia added: "I was trying not to think too much on the ga♌p because I was seeing that it was closing.
"But I didn’t want to think that I had to push more because it was a problem for the rear tyre. I just🔯 tried to be more constant an༒d be a bit faster in every lap. It worked very well.
"Just in the middle, after 15 or 16 laps, Maverick was pushing again to close the gap to me and sincerelyꦜ, I was pushing again but w🍨ith no more tyres. I was without trouble in the last two laps and finished with no tyres."