Francesco Bagnaia came very close to the MotoGP title with second place in the Qatar GP. However, not everything left him satisfied in yesterday’s race at Losail, which he lost to Fabio di Giannantonio (Gresini/Ducati).
The Italian said in a press conference that he was pleased with his overall performance, leading much of the race: ‘I am happy, but not 100 percent happy. I did what I expected from myself in the Sprint race. On Saturday I was expecting this pace, but I didn’t have the opportunity to do it. Everything was perfect in the main race and I tried to attack from the beginning, tried to do my ideal race and it was good to lead again, to attack, to set my pace. It’s been a long time since I did that. So, I am very happy with that, I am happy with the pace we showed’.
However, Bagnaia was dissatisfied with the mistake he made while trying to regain the lead from Di Giannantonio and went off track: ‘I’m not happy because I’ve made the same mistake in the past – in 2021 I did the same with Johann Zarco. So, I’m not happy with that, because I usually learn from my mistakes. But, in any case, I wasn’t expecting this drafting from him. We have to be happy, Di Gia was fantastic all weekend and in the race his pace was better than mine‘.
