Ducati confirm one fewer GP25; Pecco Bagnaia admits impact of huge decision
Pecco Bagnaia reacts to confirmaಌtion of VR46's ne🔴w status
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia has reacted toไ Ducati’s confirmation that they will run only three GP25s by admitting he will lose data.
Next season, VR46 will replace Pramac as Ducati’s “factory supported” satellite team 𝓰but - unlike Pramac this year - will be given just a single GP25.
It means only the facto🅠ry pair - Bagnaia and Marc M🐎arquez - plus VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio will ride identical machinery.
“Not a big disadvantage, but four bikes are bett✱er than three♒,” Bagnaia told media including mahbx.com at Silverstone on Friday.
“Four🦂 bikes give you more data. You un📖derstand more things.
“So, for me, it’s🌳 better. But I don’t decide these things.
“It’s better because, in a test, yo🧸u can give all four riders something to do.
“T🌸his year already, I didn’t finish the 𓂃job in the test.
“It’s better to have f꧅our bikes to give the factory t🐼eams the same bikes.”
Ducati’s꧋ official team is confirmed - Bagnaia will be joined by current🐠 Gresini rider Marquez.
VR46 have been confirmed as Ducati’s new factory-supported team with access to one GP25.ജ They must make do with a year-old bike, too.
Although unco🐼nfirmed, Ducati bosses revealed at Silverstone that Di Giannantonio will ride VR46’s factory bike and 𝔉Franco Morbidelli will ride their year-old bike.
Bagnaia sends warning to Martin
Bagnaia enters this weekend’s British Moto𒐪GP as the in-form rider on the grid.
He is 10 points ahead of Jorge Martin at the top of the standings after a brillia𒁏nt end to🍎 the first part of the season.
Bagnaia even found timꦚe in the summer break to win the Ducati Race of Champions against the manufacturer’s other top riders - and even to get married.
On Friday at Silverstoneܫ he was third-fastest, while rival Martin topped the timesheet.
“The bike is very nervous, there is a lot of shaking. We must im💫prove it,”🌄 Bagnaia said.
“I’m happy considering this is the first time at Silverstone on a Friday where I am compet🐲itive.
“Martin, in this moment, is a 💮bit faster. We already know why, where and what to do.”
H🦩e said about his race pace: “Not bad. I didn’t have time to put laps on because I had to stop often in the box.
“The pace was good. Martin wa𓂃s an impressive 58.8 with a used rear but he changed t🦩he front.
“Our hard front was better than the medium. We didn’t go with the hard because tomorrow an🦹d Sun🅰day will be cooler.”
Bagnaia compared the MotoGP Michelin tyres to the Pirelliꦗ tyres he used on a Panigale V4 last weekend at the Ducati Race of Champions.
“Less support,” he described the Pirelli tyres. “Michelin has much more support. Maybe♛ less grip, but support is everything for uꦯs because we use braking a lot.
“With more support, you can exaggerate.
“With Pirellis, you have more corner speed but, on the brakes, ♏I was st🌠ruggling. It was soft.
“You feel a lot, I don’t know if꧒ it’s because it was a street bike.
“What impressed me most was the rear. It was ♛incredible💯.
“I can’t imagineꦑ if w✃e used it for a qualifying lap…”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a dꩵecade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
