Ducati confirm one fewer GP25; Pecco Bagnaia admits impact of huge decision
Pecco 💙Bagnaia reacts to confirma🧸tion of VR46's new status
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia has reacted to Ducati’s confirmation 🎃that they will run only three GP25s by ad🔥mitting he will lose data.
Next season, VR46 will replace Pramac as Ducati’s “factory supported” satellite team but - unlike Pramac this year - ꦰwill be giveꦜn just a single GP25.
It means only the factory pair - Bagnaia and Marc Marquez - plus VR46’s Fabio෴ di Giannantonio will ride identical machinery.
“Not a big disadvantage, but✤ four bikes are better than three,” Bagnaia told media including ltxcn.top at Silverstone on Friday.
“Fo𒅌ur bikes give you more data. You understand more thi﷽ngs.
“So, for🐽 me, it’s better. But I don’t decide these things.
“It’s better because, in a test, you can 💎give all four riders something to do.
“This year already, I didn’t finish the job in the 𓂃test.
“🐻It’s better💎 to have four bikes to give the factory teams the same bikes.”
Ducati🍸’s official team is ⛄confirmed - Bagnaia will be joined by current Gresini rider Marquez.
VR46 h🃏ave been confirmed as Ducati’s new factory-supported teaℱm with access to one GP25. They must make do with a year-old bike, too.
Although unconfirmed, Ducati bosses revealed at Silverstone that Di Giannantonio will ride VR46’s factory bike and Franco Morbidꩲelli will ride their year-old bike.
Bagnaia sends warning to Martin
Bagnaia enters this weeke🍃nd’s British MotoGP as th𝔍e in-form rider on the grid.
He is 10 points ahead of Jorge Martin at the top of the standings after a brilliant end to the first par🌄t of the season.
🐬Bagnaia even found time in the summer break to win the Ducati Race of Champions against the manufacturer’s other top riders - and even to get married.
On Friday at Silverstone he 🐻was third-fastest, while 🃏rival Martin topped the timesheet.
“The bike is very nervous, there is a lot of shaking. We must improve it,” Bagnai💃a said.
“I’m happy considering th꧙is is the first time at Silverstone on a Friday where I am compet⛄itive.
“Mar🥀tin, in this moment, is a bit faster. We already know why, where and what to do.”
He said about his race pace: “Not ba🎀d. I didn’t have time to put laps on because I hꦿad to stop often in the box.
“The pace was good. Martin was🎃 an impressive 58.8 with a used rear but he changꦯed the front.
“Our hard front was better than the medium. We didn’t go with the hard because tomo꧟rrow and Sunday will be cooler.”
Bagnaia compared the MotoGP Michelin tyres to the Pirelli tyres he used on a𓄧 Paniꦅgale V4 last weekend at the Ducati Race of Champions.
“Less support,” he described the Pir🧸elli tyres. “Michelin has much more support. Maybe lessജ grip, but support is everything for us because we use braking a lot.
“With more support, you can exaggerate.
“With Pirellis, you have 🐼more corner spꦑeed but, on the brakes, I was struggling. It was soft.
“You feel a lot, I ꦇdon’t know if it’s because it 🐷was a street bike.
“What impressed𓃲 me most was the rear. It was incredible.
“I can’t imagine if we useꦜd🐲 it for a qualifying lap…”
𒈔James was a sports journali🌠st at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
