Francesco Bagnaia: 'It could have been one of our greatest last-lap battles…'

Francesco Bagnaia says the German MotoGP could have been one of the greatest last-laꦏp battles between the reigning cham🌸pion and Jorge Martin.

Francesco Bagnaia, 2024 German MotoGP
Francesco Bagnaia, 2024 German MotoGP

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia believes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin’s crash from the German MotoGP r꧑ace lead robbed fans of what could have been one of their greatest last-lap battles.

The reigning world champion trimmed Martin’s race lead down to just half a second as the penultimate la✨p began.

But a thrilling climax ended in a cloud of gravel d෴ust when the Pramac Ducati rider suddenly crashed out at Turn 1.

“Today I was j🐽ust trying to be very, very precise with the rear tyre because I knew thaไt the more tyre I had in the last part of the race, the better,” explained Bagnaia.

The factory Ducati star took the early lead from Martin but had slipped to third behind Martౠin and his team-mate Franco Morbidelli by the middle stages.

“When both Pramacs overtook me, I saw ജthey were pushing a bit too much. So I just decided to slow down a bit.

“But maybe I lost a too♐ much tim꧂e behind Franky, because then Jorge had built more than a one-second lead.

“So I tried to push back a💮gain to recover to Jorge.

“I was very close, but then he crashed, unluckily. I think it coul♛d have been one of the greatest battles between us in the last lap.”

Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, 2024 German MotoGP
Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, 2024 German MotoGP

Bagnaiaꦦ admitted he was also on the limit in some of the hard braking zones.

“I was in this same situation, braking in somღe parts of the track was very difficult. Corner 1 and Corner 12 were very, very tricky. The front was moving a lo💖t and was locking,” he said.

“But I’m so happy with my fourth win in a row﷽ on Sundays. For sure it’s the best way to go with a big smile into the summer break.”

Despite turning a 15-point deficit to Martin into a ten-point title lead, Bagnaia played down talk of labelling Sachsenrin𒊎g as the turning point of the season.

“I don't think so. I’m in this good mood from six or seven grand prix already. I’m feeling well♏ and fantastic❀ with my team,” he said. “We are doing a perfect job every weekend. We won five in these last six grand prix.

“But I don't think that also for Jorge [anything] will change. It will🌜 be like starting from zero again [at Silverstone] becaus⭕e we have ten points' gap and the championship is still very, very long. 

"It’s not tim𓂃e to think about a turning point of a championship. It’s too long.”

Asked to grade the opening nine rounds ๊of the season, B🐓agnaia replied: “Nine. 

"Because ♋I made some mistakes. I cra𝓰shed in Portimao with Marc. I crashed in Barcelona when I was leading. 

"The worst one I think was Barcelona, when I crashed when I was leading with nine-tenths of a second on the last lap. This is why not it’s not a t🌜en.”

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