The MotoGP Indian GP ended with a crash for Francesco Bagnaia, who therefore did not score in the main race and saw his rivals in the title fight closing in. The Ducati rider now faces the Japanese GP, without being affected by what happened.
Questioned about how he mentally overcomes the incident, the championship leader replied: ‘How do I clear my head? By competing as soon as possible. We compete this weekend. It’s always beneficial to understand your crash – to know why you fell – and then repeat the competition weekend the following week. I can say that I have no problems, I don’t have last week’s crash on my mind. I know what I did wrong and I know perfectly how strong we are, how strong I am’.
Despite the fall in India, Bagnaia emphasized that he will not change his approach: ‘I will push again, and if I were in this situation again, I would push in the same way. My riding style is this, my strategy is always to attack and I will continue like this. I will always try to improve – I am always improving – and I will try to be in the best possible position. I will try to win as always and then we will see‘.Regarding the fall he suffered last year in Motegi, the reigning champion was not concerned: ‘Last year was a different situation, so the past is the past, we move forward‘.
