Francesco Bagnaia spent a large part of the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix in fourth place. In the final laps, he was overtaken by rookie Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GasGas Tech3/KTM), before being involved in an incident with Marc Márquez when the Gresini rider attempted a pass.
The Ducati rider told journalists that he was expecting to have different sensations in the race, admitting that the front riders were faster: ‘I was confident before the start, because on Saturday and in the warm-up my feeling was good. I was feeling better with the grip and everything was better, so I was thinking of an attacking race and trying to have good control of the tires. But as soon as I started I had more problems; I was expecting to be faster and the riders ahead were too fast for me. So, I just tried to avoid everything, I was trying to manage the tires, but it was difficult‘.
