RiderTua.com – At the 2023 Portugal MotoGP round, Pecco Bagnaia started things off brilliantly, winning the sprint and Sunday’s main race. He will try to repeat it, although aware of the difficulty of this venture. However, he will try to leave Portugal as the leader of the standings. In the past he has been very strong at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve and will therefore be one of the favorites this weekend.
The official Ducati team rider is enthusiastic about taking part in the race in Portimao… “This is one of my favorite circuits, I like racing here, it looks like a mix between Mugello and Sachsenring. Last year was the perfect start, I’m quite confident and I think with “Our GP24 (2024) bike can be more competitive on some parts of the track. I can’t wait to start this weekend,” he said.
Pecco Bagnaia: Starting from the front is important
Pecco hopes to start the weekend better than in Lusail, where he had a rather complicated Friday… “In Qatar we didn’t have a negative situation like last year, where I had difficulties since Friday to find a good arrangement “We only had problems on the first day, we couldn’t work normally. I believe that the bike setup can make a difference, but less than at other tracks. It’s more about finding the right feeling,” added Pecco.
Starting from the front is always important, but the three-time world champion explained that there is still room to come back and fight.. ” In 2022 I started from last position and finished in eighth position. I think it is a good track to overtake, there are not many tracks long straights make braking difficult. Here you can fight, although overtaking is never easy, because there are a lot of top riders here. I think this is one of the tracks where the riders can make a big difference, there are a lot of fast corners and a few are slow. A lot depends on how the rider feels about the bike.”
With very tight competitive conditions in the modern MotoGP era, you can’t ‘wait’ for your opponents to play games like in the old days of Valentino Rossi… it’s called racing, you have to gaspol instead of chatting… 😁
