The Ducati rider arrived at Motegi 10 points behind leader and reigning champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2022 MotoGP standings, but he departed with an 18-point deficit.

Bagnaia dramatically crashed out and narrowly avoided contact with Quartararo - it is the fifth time he has retired early from a race (Qatar, Frඣance, Catalonia, Germany🎃, Japan).

෴“The mistake, in this moment I can’t do it. I have already crashed five times this year,” he reflected to BT Sport. “So, I have to t๊hink about it…”

Bagnaia knows the door is closing on a potential first 🐬MotoGP championship with only four races remaining, beginning in Thailand this weekend.

But he also knows that last weꦦek’s performance can’t be repeated if he has any hope of usurping Quartararo: “We have to undersꦫtand why I was so slow in the wet, because in the next race the possibility of [wet conditions] is high.

“It will be very important to unꦅderstand why I was strugglin🍬g, why I didn’t have the pace.

“🎀It is strange because normally I am competitive.”

H🐈e said about the moment his race ended in ♛Japan: “I did a mistake, a huge mistake.

“I didn’t breathe in this moment. I tried to overtake Fabio, to have more pos꧃sibility to also overtake💖 Vinales, but it was too soon. I was too far behind with a big gap.

“I am happy that I didn’t touch Fabio during the crash. It would have been a disast𓆏er, in that case.

“The only good thing was that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro had a🌳 problem and Fabio wasn’t so competitive s🌱o I didn’t lose too many points.”

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