Davide Tardozzi tells Pecco Bagnaia: “Manage the problem”

"Don’t think about the problem, manage the problemဣ," Pecco Bagnaia is told

Bagnaia, Tardozzi
Bagnaia, Tardozzi

Ducati’s Davide Tardozzi has warned that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pecco Bagnaia must “manage the problem”.

Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia has trailed behind teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez🌜 all season, and spent much of the campaign behind Gresini’s Alex Marquez too.

Bagnaia won the Americas MotoGP owing to a Marc Marquez crash from the lead, but thꦉen couldn’t capitalise in Qatar at a circuit which ꦦwas supposed to suit his riding style.

Bagnaia was promoted to second, after finishing third on꧑-track behind wꦺinner Marquez and Maverick Vinales, who was later demoted for tyre pressure.

It was a decent return given he was ꦓ11th in qualifying and eighth in the sprint race.

Ducati team manager Tardozzi was as🐻ked if Bagnaia’s issues on a Saturday were “a bike problem𒆙, or a Pecco problem?”

Tardozzi responded to TNT Sports: “It’s something that belongs to us, to always give him the right b🐟ike.

“Pecco is now really demanding on setting. He is not the guy who wants the ride a bike which does n🐻ot suit his ridꦍing style.

“This creates a problem for his team.

“In the end,🌜 they finally foun🌳d a solution, mainly for the Sunday.

“We still have a problem with him, with the balance of the bike, with a small fuel tank. It creates⛎ some problems.

“This is since we had Saturday races.

“But🎃 Pecco must think that he is a champion, he must ma๊nage the problem.

“One thing we have to worꦗk on with him: don’t think about the problem, manage the problem.

“The bike has very good points… use it.”

Pecco Bagnaia 'had no confidence' in Qatar

Pecco Bagnaia
Pecco Bagnaia

Bagnaia is third in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings, 26 points shy of leader Marc Marquez.

The season now heads to Europe, starting in Jerez on April 24-26, wh🅠ere Bagnaia must hope to gain some ground back on his red-hot teammate.

But his weaknesses on a Friday and a Saturday cꦕontinue to hamper𝔉 the two-time champion.

“Honestly, we still don’t know what happened,” Tardozzi said about Bagnaia’s dreadful qualifying aꦍnd sprint r🐼ace in Qatar.

“It🌜 seemed he had no confidence on the front brakes, and entering the ꦅcorners.

“[Sunday morning] during the warm-up we tried something oꦉn the settings, with the balance of the bike, finally it worked.

“He was not confident on the brakes, this was the main pꦇoint.”

Bagnaia’s P3, which became P2 when Vinales was hit by a tyre pressure penalty, at 🌟least provided some reason for optimism.

“Pecco came here with huge expectation because he was thinꦬking it was a race to win,” Tardozzi said.

“But Marc is Marc, he was very fast.

“We were surprised by Maverick who did a fanta🅰stic race.

“But after a bad Saturday we are very happy with the [second🎃] place of Pecco.

“He recov🎃ered h🅺is speed. The next race is one that will suit his riding style.

“In t♈he end, fi🐼rst and [second]? We are very happy.”

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