The subject of tyre pressure is on the table more than ever, and Francesco Bagnaia himself had a warning at Sepang and didn’t let the subject go to waste, even admitting that he felt a little scared at one point.
On the subject, the reigning world champion admitted that at one point he wasn’t quite sure if he was within the limits: ‘I was very scared because I was feeling that my tyre pressure wasn’t right at the start. I decided to let the two KTMs pass and when I followed them I started to feel better with the front, maybe it was just the temperature but for me it was the pressure. In the first few laps I had some difficulties, I was shaking a lot and I felt I didn’t have the right pressure, but as soon as I got behind the KTM it started to get better, and I was feeling better and better. I think that was useful because without it I think I would have been under-pressurised’. It was perfect.
Bagnaia went on to explain that it was a complicated weekend and that it was difficult to keep everything within the legal parameters, but he didn’t forget that even if he was penalised, he already had some room for manoeuvre, as the championship was already guaranteed:
– This weekend it was very difficult to be precise in terms of tyre pressure honestly. I was thinking about it and I was even a bit scared because I know how easy it is to go under-pressurised and get penalised, and I had already received a warning in Malaysia. So a three-second penalty this sunday wasn’t a problem because I was already champion, but still my team did a fantastic job.