Pecco Bagnaia won’t stand for it and raises his voice
The words of Pecco Bagnaia
Pecco Bagnaia, 11th at the end of Friday in Australia, took stock of the situation. "We started the session with the medium tire on the rear, to try to bring it as far forward as possible, and my feeling was very good. The pace was also one of the best with this compound, but when we switched to the soft for time-attack we started having problems. So maybe the right strategy was what the others did, who started with the soft to analyze their reactions. I struggle too much when accelerating and entering fast corners: my bike è too aggressive, very nervous. For example, between the last corner and the finish line I lose two tenths from Martin and this è unbelievable. I lack traction a bit’ all over the track and this è the problem, but as in Mandalika the feeling with the bike is not è as bad as you might think and this è strange".
There'è one problem: "Every time we move from one track to another we start with the same set-up and it doesn't work for me. It’s more or less all season that on Friday we struggle a lot, on Saturday we improve the situation and then on Sunday we are the fastest. In this case we will have one less day to be the fastest, but è it is also true that on this track è it is difficult to have a clear advantage. Looking at the pace, we were already among the best, also in terms of consistency with the tires. I think we did a good job, we have to però improve to try to start the weekend with a better feeling. But here comebacks are possible: in 2019 I was starting 13° or 14° and I finished the race fourth. And now I think I have improved compared to 2019“.
Controversial ending: "When you go fast, everyone is looking for your wheel, also becauseé they know perfectly well that I am one who pushes in any case. I always didn’t give a damn about who was behind me, often beating them even though they were in my slipstream. I think it has not changed too much, forò it is changing in general MotoGP: today to see 10 riders almost stopped in the line to wait for a slipstream that there’è is no need for me is not è right and not è acceptable. In Safety Commission we break boxes for Moto3 riders and then we are the first to do it, so è wrong".
