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Francesco Bagnaia nearly failed to get on the podium at MotoGP Qatar then. Rider The Ducati learned an important lesson in the first series MotoGP 2021.
Francesco Bagnaia finished third in the race at the Losail circuit, Monday (29/3/2021) yesterday morning WIB. Starting from the pole position, the Italian racer was able to maintain his position after the race started.
In the process, Bagnaia took the lead in the first 14 rounds. He has held pole position longer than the other riders, including Maverick Vinales who won the race.
As is known, Bagnaia’s performance slumped in the middle of the race until it was overtaken by Vinales, Joan Mir and Johann Zarco. But the 24-year-old rider did not give up, until finally he was able to race with Zarco to overtake Mir after the last corner.
He finished 0.032 seconds behind Zarco and only 0.093 ahead of Mir. Nearly failed to get on the podium despite leading the race for a long time, Francesco Bagnaia admit his mistake was to push himself too much in the early half of the race.
“I thought my pace was enough to stay constant until the finish. But maybe because of the colder conditions or the wind, I started struggling after 15 laps,” he was quoted as saying. Crash.
“I tried to stay in first position, but Maverick has a very good pace and has better traction. When he overtook, I tried to follow. But he was already racing. In the last corner, Yamaha and Suzuki had better traction than us.”
“Then I saw Johann who had the same pace as me, because I looked at the pit boards and always looked at Zarco 0.6; 0.4. When he overtook, for 3-4 laps he had a better pace. But in the last part of the race it was the opposite. , I can chase him again. “
“So maybe next week I have to change my strategy a little bit. Maybe I will be less persistent in the first part of the race and just follow someone. Whatever it is, we have more data for the next race. We will definitely improve and get better at the end of the race. “added Bagnaia.
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