“Pecco Bagnaia impatient, Enea Bastianini flawless”. Former champion looks into Ducati’s home

Alex Crivillé pulls Bagnaia’s ears.

Alex Crivillé, the only Spaniard to have won the world championship in the premier class when it was still called the ‘500,’ is also taking a look around Ducati after the Japanese Grand Prix. Which yes saw Jack Miller win but also saw Pecco Bagnaia fall.

“There was a serious mistake by Pecco when trying to overtake Fabio Quartararo on the last lap. He himself admitted he made a mistake,” the Woonkly testimonial told Marca. It would have been very good for him to take points away from Fabio Quartararo, but Pecco should have had some patience because then he would have passed the Frenchman thanks to the greater power of his own engine. At the moment there are no team orders in Ducati, Enea Bastianini had a good race and performed well because, at no time, he bothered Pecco Bagnaia.”

“Strangely, I couldn’t traction or do anything. The only thing I could do was to brake very hard, but that caused the front tire pressure to rise unexpectedly. So I needed a lot of time to get it back down. The last few laps I was pushing again, I could do what I wanted to do. I recovered a lot but I was too ambitious on the last lap,” Bagnaia said immediately after the disappointing end of the Japanese race.