Ducati Corse General Manager, Gigi Dall’Igna, analyzed Pecco Bagnaia’s performance during a complicated weekend, highlighting the Italian rider’s resilience. Bagnaia faced difficulties on the circuit, never quite feeling comfortable, either with the bike or the track.
On social media, the Italian manager commented on his rider’s round at Phillip Island: ‘A Pecco who experienced a rather lacklustre weekend, always missing something on a track that is hostile to him: having never really found a feeling with either bike or track’.
Friday’s weather conditions also complicated Bagnaia’s task, he explained: ‘Everything was also conditioned by Friday’s weather. Conditions that prevented him from carrying out tests that had been planned to optimise set-up on a track characterised by new tarmac, and to metabolise the automatisms he needs to best express himself’.
Despite the setbacks, Bagnaia fought with determination throughout the race: ‘He raced defensively putting his all into it, fighting with the leaders as long as he could and then gradually losing ground, especially in the last part of the race’.
Bagnaia’s ability to minimize the damage was crucial, resulting in a podium that, according to Dall’Igna, is a sign of his fighting spirit, with the rider bringing home an important podium in the end: ”But it is precisely in these situations that the traits of a fighter come to the fore, of one who manages to limit the damage even when everything seems to conjure against him. He did very well, seizing an important podium: even though more could really not have been done today, he still wanted to have his say, he was there with the frontrunners ready to challenge for it’.
This result reinforces Bagnaia’s resilience and his ability to overcome challenges, even in the most difficult moments of the season.