Portimao MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia: Race length not the problem, ‘depends on the rider approach’

Bagnaia, who took his second MotoGP win of the📖 weekend at Portimao, managed to again remove himself from the chaos of the opening few laps.
After making a double overtake on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira to close out lap two, Bagnaia avoided a costly mistake from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez at tuಌrn three, an error that saw the eight-time world champion ruin the races of both riders Bagnaia overtook.
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Speaking after Saturday’s Sprint race, where yet more collisions took place and resulted in injuries for the 🐽likes of Bagnaia’s teammate Enea Bastianini, the reigning champion spoke out about what is the cause for riders being overly aggressive at times.
B🎀agnaia added: "Yesterday I didn’t say anything about what the other riders were saying because I was sure that it was the same thing today.
"It’s always like💛 this. It doesn’t depend if you have soft, medium or hard tyres, or 12/25 laps, it depends on the approach of each rider.
"This track, for sure, is a track that’s easier to make mistakes because it is more close. The length [width] of the tarmac is not as big as Qatar maybe, and Qatar has no corners like turn three in♚ this track.
"Everyone is aggressive because everyone wants to get a good result and start the season in a good way. Itꦜ doesn’t depend on t🗹he Sprint or main race. It depends on the approach of the rider."
Marquez needed hand surgery after causing a crash on Sunday, ruling him out of the Arg🔯en꧟tina MotoGP.
Bagnaia, who gained a big ♓advantage due to the turn three incident, unexpectedly came under race-long pressure from Vinales, as a battle for the lead looked set to take place.
Instead, the factory Ducati rider kept just enough tyre underneไath him to respond on every occasion that Vinales ramped up his p🦄ace.
Bagnaia added: "I was trying not to think too much on the gap because I was seeing that it was closing.&nbs🎃p;
"But I didn’ܫt want to think that I had to push more because 💃it was a problem for the rear tyre. I just tried to be more constant and be a bit faster in every lap. It worked very well.
"Just in the miไddle, after 15 or 16 laps, Maverick was pushing again to close the gap to me and sincerely, I was pushing again but with no more tyres. I was without trouble in the ඣlast two laps and finished with no tyres."