Label: Francis Bagnaia

Mar262024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Lorenzo blamed Bagnaio for the incident

The incident between Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia at the last race in Portimao divided fans and experts. The three-time world champion of the MotoGP class, who now acts as a commentator, defended his compatriot and attributed the blame to Francesco Bagnaija. "Marc is otherwise an aggressive racer, but in this specific case he did not make a mistake, because a racer who overtakes does not have a 360° view of what is happening around him." "According to him, Bagnaia had a better view of the situation and was able to avoid the collision. "On the other hand, the rider behind, in this case Bagnaia, could have understood Marco's intention and let him go ahead in that turn. Instead, he saw a little space, opened the gas while accelerating and drove onto the line Marc was returning to. I would say Pecco was responsible for the collision

Mar242024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Marquez: Pecco was too aggressive for the extra two points

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Although Marc Marquez agrees with the decision of the commissioners, who characterized his collision with Francesco Bagnaia as a racing incident, he adds that this decision is very close to the limit. According to him, the blame for the fall of both lies with Bagnaia, who made a mistake when attempting a reverse maneuver. After that, Marc went to the medical center for a preventive check-up, but no injuries were found. "It was just a bump on the shoulder, nothing serious." Could the accident have been avoided? "Of course, it is impossible for the two racers who were involved in the crash right after the race to agree on who is to blame and who is not," said Marc with a smile on his face. "When we went to the commissioner, I said that it was a racing incident, but it was completely borderline. It is up to them to make a decision." "I believe that Pecco is responsible for t

Mar242024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bagnaia is furious after zero but admits it was a racing incident

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Francesco Bagnaia was understandably very disappointed after finishing Sunday's race without any points after crashing. At the same time, he agrees with the decision of the race commissioners that the collision with Marc Marquez was a racing incident. The mentioned racers collided and fell at the end of the race when they were fighting for fifth place. "Before the race I was very confident, because I already felt very good in the warm-up. The grip was very good. I was thinking to run the race similar to Qatar. So aggressively at the beginning to break into the lead and then control the rivals and the tires ." "But right at the start I was in more and more trouble. I expected to be faster, but I couldn't keep up with the riders in front. So I decided to slow down, control the tire wear

Mar242024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bagnaia and Marquez were taken away without penalty

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The race commissioners called the collision between Francesco Bagnaio and Marco Marquez a racing incident. Both racers took it away without penalty. Marquez tried to overtake Bagnaia in the fifth turn of the twenty-third lap, but was a bit too long. When he aligned the motorcycle to the ideal line, the Italian racer was already there. The collision was inevitable, and as a result both remained without points. After the race, the race commissioners examined the collision in detail and decided that it was a racing incident, so they were not penalized further. Francesco Bagnaia is disappointed to leave the track in Portimao after already in Saturday's sprint race he lost the victory due to a mistake and finished in fourth place. After today's zero in the total, he is 23 points behind the leader Martin. Marc Marquez today

Mar112024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bagnaia: I could drive even faster

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After winning the race in Qatar, Francesco Bagnaia admitted that he could have driven even faster, but he preferred to focus on controlling the lead. The current world champion led all the laps of the opening race of the new season after taking the lead after just a few turns, which was never threatened for a moment. As he said after the race, he had such a plan from the very beginning. To get a small lead and then watch the tire wear. When asked if it was the best possible start to the season, he replied: "For sure. It was important that we changed the strategy a bit in the opening laps compared to Saturday. In the opening I tried to be a bit more aggressive, because I was aware that if I got into the lead I would be able to control the lead." "The sprint race was a good remedy for that

Mar102024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bagnaji season opener in Qatar

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Francesco Bagnaia is the sovereign winner of the first race of the new MotoGP class season in Qatar. Due to the problems of Raul Fernandez, it started with a delay of several minutes and was consequently shortened by one lap. The reigning world champion took the lead in the opening laps of the race and his lead was never threatened thereafter. Brad Binder and Jorge Martin joined him on the podium. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1766885254046867537 Marc Marquez finished fourth ahead of Eneo Bastianini and Alex Marquez. Last year's winner Fabio Di Giannantonio was seventh. Aleix Espargaro failed to take advantage of the second starting place and after a bad start, he finished in eighth place. Pedro Acosta is on his first in the MotoGP class after a good start where he was even in the fight for

Mar82024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Despite the bad day, Bagnaia remains optimistic

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Despite the fact that he was not among the fastest today, Francesco Bagnaia remains optimistic before the weekend continues. The current world champion finished the first free practice in tenth place, a good half a second behind the fastest Martin. The second practice, which took place on a wet track, finished in twelfth place. "Today did not go according to our wishes and expectations. For an as yet unknown reason, I did not have the right feeling on the motorcycle. Something was not as it should be." "I am not satisfied, but I am aware that we have the potential for much more than we showed today. I can definitely fight for the top places tomorrow and on Sunday."

Feb242024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Marini: Pecco "showed his muscles" in the tests to gain a better position in negotiations with Ducati

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Francesco Bagnaia was the best in both pre-season tests. He even improved the official track record in both Sepang and Qatar, which suggests that he will be the main contender to win the world championship again this year. This would be his third in a row. All his competitors also agree that the Italian is the one to beat. An interesting statement was made by Luca Marini at the end of the tests in Qatar. In this, he referred to the fact that Bagnaia has not yet renewed his contract with Ducati and that he should increase his bargaining power with the results of the testing. Like most racers, his contract expires at the end of this season. "I think that Pecco was particularly motivated at this year's tests, because he expects that after good results he will have better conditions in negotiations with Ducati

Nov302023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Ducati racers: We knew Marc would be fast from the start

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None of last season's top three Ducati riders - Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi - were surprised by the speed of Marc Marquez during his extensive test of the Ducati bike. The Spaniard finished the test day in Valencia in fourth place, and even an hour before the end he was even the fastest. In the end, only Maverick Vinales, Brad Binder and Marco Bezzecchi managed to improve his time. The first to comment on Marquez's performance after the test was world champion Francesco Bagnaia. "A few races before the end of the season, I said that Marc would be the fastest in this test. As it turned out, I wasn't far from the truth. He was certainly happy with the new bike, with which we achieved tremendous success this year. Now he will be able to he had too." Mrs

Nov272023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Francesco Bagnaia: I didn't have to win, but I dreamed about it

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Francesco Bagnaia said he wanted to confirm the world title by winning the race, even though he didn't even need to after Jorge Martin's crash. A victory by Jorge Martin would have made Bagnaia the champion just by finishing in the top five, but the Spaniard crashed in the sixth lap and Bagnaia cruised to another victory to cap off a successful season. "I feel amazing," he said. "I've never been so happy. I'm so happy because I won the race. The victory today was not necessary given the circumstances, but I dreamed of confirming the championship with the victory. I'm happy, but I was scared during the race. "With five laps to go, I started to get cold and I was afraid of what would happen because I chose the hard front tire. It wasn't easy for me today because I was under a lot of pressure."