Bagnaia: I don’t care who my teammate will be, Enea deserves this position

Francesco Bagnaia says Jack Miller is, in his opinion, the best candidate for a team-mate in the coming seasons, as he is friends with the Australian and works well together.

But the Italian may have to come to terms with another team rival, as this season, with excellent performances on an older version of the Ducati engine, the path to the factory team was well paved by Gresini racer Enea Bastianini. But Pecco says he has a good relationship with every teammate, so he doesn’t care who it will be, and in the end, Ducati’s leading men will decide.

“Jack has been my teammate since 2019, so I know him well,” Bagnaia said. “It is quite understandable that if you could choose a teammate, you would choose someone with whom you talk more and spend more time with him. That’s why Jack is my first choice, as he is my friend and a good teammate and I love working with him. But that will be decided by the team. If my teammate is Enea, or Martin, there will be no difference for me, as I get along well with all my teammates. However, Enea definitely deserves this place, as he was competitive against Austin, but today he won again, ”said Bagnaia, who said goodbye to the fall from the race in Le Mans, where he also led for some time.

The Italian, who is 46 points behind the leader in the race in the championship standings, Fabio Quartararo, has admitted that he will have to drive smarter in the next races. “I lost 25 or 20 points today. I have to find out why I fell and learn a lesson from this for the future, because with such mistakes I will not be able to win the title. Maybe it's time to drive smarter, more mature. ”