Pecco Bagnaia : Marc Wants to Overtake Me and Go Wide

RiderTua.com – Bad luck befell two-time consecutive MotoGP world champion Pecco Bagnaia in the second series of the 2024 season in Portimao. In Saturday’s sprint, the Ducati Lenovo rider lost his victory due to a racing error in the final phase and only finished 4th. In Sunday’s race he left the race after contact with Marc Marquez (Gresini Ducati).

After the race, Pecco sat silently in the Ducati pit. The Italian rider said that he was actually optimistic about the race before the start. He also felt better after the warm-up session and was actually looking to attack. “I wanted to check the tires first, but then I had problems from the start. The riders in front were too fast for me. Then I just tried to manage the tires, but it was difficult,” explained the rider from Turin, Italy.

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Francesco Bagnaia praised rookie Pedro Acosta’s performance. He said that when Pedro came towards him, he was too fast for Pecco. Pedro has high speed, he races with a lot of spin on his tires. But he was fast, very fast.

Chronology of the crash, Marc Marquez went wide after launching an attack on Pecco at the Spoon corner, Pecco immediately wanted to push into a small gap on the inside, then contact occurred. “Marc wanted to overtake me and went wide. I wanted to overtake him, went over his limit and we collided. It annoyed me, but it was a racing incident and we have to put it aside and focus on the next race,” said the VR46 Riders Academy student.

Pecco added, “What does a rider want to do if he is overtaken and then the rider in front of him leaves the racing line? He wants to overtake again and score more points. That’s not risky for me. It makes me annoyed to have to finish the race with 0 points. “This also happened to me in 2023, but at that time it was my own fault. There are still 38 races left, that’s a lot. But I want to avoid 0 points in the next races and be more consistent.”

Regarding the problem of racing speed, Carola Bagnaia’s younger brother explained that he could not cross the line behind the riders. The riders were very fast in turns 4 and 5, Pecco overtook elsewhere. However, at Turn 4 he lost 0.2 seconds per lap and also at Turn 5. The 27 year old rider admitted that it was difficult to understand why he passed a different racing line. But he stretched too far…again and again.

From 1st place in the standings, Pecco has now slipped to 4th place behind his teammate Enea Bastianini. Even though the season has just started, the fact is that the defending world champion will head to the next series in America with a 23 point difference from leader Jorge Martin (Pramac).