Francesco Bagnaia explains strategy that led to victory over Marc Marquez
Francesco Bagnaia: “As soon as𒁏 he made the second attempt, I tried to push again and the [1m] 37.4s arrived.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia stuck to his strategy in the Spanish MotoGP to out-duel 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez and secure his second grand prix win of 2024.
Bagnaia, who made a stunning double overtake on Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin on the outside of turn six [lap one]🧔, then took the lead from Marquez before the opening lap was over.
The world champion then made a mistake at turn 13 on lap two, giving title rival Jorge Martin the lead, however, Bagnaia was superb from that point for♈ward.
Despite being slower than Marquez late on, Bagnaia used similar tactics to Aragon 2021 whe꧑n he snapped back at Marquez every time the Gresini rider made an attempt to take the lead.
Discussing his strategy, Bagnaia said: “When I saw that Marc was behind I pushed for two laps and I did 37.8s, but I saw tha♏t he was gaining.
“So I thought to not stress 🔯too much the tyres in that moment because he was catching. I just tried to have a bit more tyre for the last three laps.
“As soon as he made the second attempt at corner nine I tried to push again from th🅷at moment. And the 37.4s arrived. It helped a l🌃ot to grow a bit of a gap in the last lap.”
Bagnaia, who has already cras🍰hed out of a race this seasonও (Portimao) following contact with Marquez, was in no mood to back down as the pair collided again at turn ten in Jerez.
That came one day after Bagnaia was tak♛en down during a collision with Brad Binder and🅰 Bezzecchi.
Other accidents took place during the grand prix, but Bagnaia does not believe racing is too ag🌊gres𓄧sive in MotoGP.
Asked if he’s comfortable 🌄with how close racing is at the moment, Bagnaia said: “Yes because what happened yesterday wasn’t💝 what happened in Portimao. Sometimes the battles are more intense.
“We can have contact because it is harder to have a normal 🐈overtake right now because everyone is very strong under braking.
“It is easy to brake hard like this and the guy who is on the inside is going wider, so you have to try to c🧸lose the line. It is something that can happen right now.”
The caveat to that𝕴 being respect should always be given, as Bagnaia believes tಌhat’s fundamental to providing good racing.
For me, respect is always the most important thing,” added the world champion. “When tꦇhere is respect there is a show and fun.
“Without respect it is impossible to have ﷺa nice battle and to enjoy it.”
