Francesco Bagnaia Archives - Page 9 of 15

Sep172022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Aragon GP: Bagnaia starts the race from first place, Marquez out in Q1

Francesco Bagnaia will start the motoGP race for the GP of Aragon from the best starting position, and from the front row he will be assisted by his team-mate Jack Miller in the fight for a fifth consecutive victory, and another Ducati rider, Enea Bastianini, will be standing next to them. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1571120346312458241 Aleix Espargaro was slightly better after the problems in free practice in qualifying and won the fourth place, and between him and the championship points leader Fabio Quartararo in sixth place also brought back the Frenchman on Ducati, Johann Zarco. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1571120900027686912 Ducati racers Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin also started the race in seventh and eighth place, while Alex Rins and Brad Binder were ninth and tenth. Eleven and two

Sep42022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia celebrated his fourth consecutive victory in Misano with a photo finish

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Pecco Bagnaia celebrated his fourth consecutive win at the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix, bringing him within 30 points of world championship leader Fabio Quartararo. The Italian thus wrote a new page in the history of Ducati, as he became the first racer who managed to win four times in a row. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1566406590890217472 The factory Ducati rider led throughout the race, but in the last part of the race he was threatened mainly by his future teammate Enea Bastianini, who tried to take the lead in the last meters of the race, but had to settle for second place in the end. Maverick Vinales was third after a solid race. An excellent fourth was Luca Marini, current world champion Fabio Quartararo, who started the race

Avg212022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia reduced the gap in the MotoGP championship by winning in Austria

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Francesco Bagnaia won the race for the Austrian Grand Prix, closing the championship points gap behind Fabio Quartararo, who ended up second. Another Ducati rider, Jack Miller, finished the race on the podium, and Luca Marini climbed to an excellent fourth place. In the end, Johann Zarco was fifth, making sure that as many as four Ducati racers finished the race in the top five. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1561333221534695425 In the first corner, Bagnaia took the lead past Bastianini, and halfway through the lap, Joan Mir crashed and retired. Meanwhile, Vinales found his way past Quartararo to fifth. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1561322947452829698 At the end of the second lap, the four Ducati riders, Bagnaia, Bastianini, Miller and Martin were leading by more

Jun272022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia feared another fall in Assn

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Francesco Bagnaia has admitted that he feared a crash that would cost him victory in the MotoGP race in Assen after two successive retirements in previous races. The Ducati rider trailed championship points leader Fabio Quartararo by 91 points heading into the Dutch Grand Prix following retirements in Barcelona and Germany, but received an unexpected gift from his French rival on Sunday when he retired. The Italian closed the gap to 66 points with the win, but admitted he feared another drop during the race, especially when the track was drenched by rain in the latter part. "I was really scared," he admitted. "I looked at the screen at the track and saw Aleix (Espargaro) in the sand, and next to him was a blue motorcycle. I assumed it was Fabio next to Aleix. We were lucky, but

Jun262022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia won in Assn, Quartararo was left without points after the fall

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Italian Francesco Bagnaia won the MotoGP class race in Assno. The Ducati racer took the lead at the Dutch Grand Prix at the start, and then only controlled the advantage in the lead, which was slightly facilitated by the fall of Fabio Quartararo, who pushed Aleix Espargaro off the track. Both riders continued the race from the start. The excellent second was Marco Bezzecchi on Valentino Rossi's VR46 team Ducati, and the third was Aprilia racer Maverick Vinales, for whom these are the first podiums in Aprilie's motorcycle. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1541040717660934144 Espargaro broke through to fourth place by the end of the race, after overtaking two more racers in the last lap of the race. Leading the championship standings, Quartararo fell once again in the race and finally resigned. https: // twitter

Jun252022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bagnaia with a record to pole in Assen

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Francesco Bagnaia won the best starting position (1: 31.504) before the race in Assen. Fabio Quartararo and Jorge Martin will start tomorrow. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1540679603286589440 The Spaniard led after the first attempts, but in the end he was overtaken by Bagnaia and Quartararo. Marco Bezzecchi placed fourth in front of Aleix Espargaro, Jack Miller and Johann Zarco. Miguel Oliveira, Alex Rins and Brad Binder finished in the top ten. The KTM racers advanced to the second half through a slower qualifying group. Maverick Vinales, who started last year’s race from first place, set the eleventh time this time. The twelfth, however, was Takaaki Nakagami.

Jun242022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bagnaji second training in Assen

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Francesco Bagnaia won his second free practice at Assen with a time of 1: 33.274. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1540318718944747521 https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1540306892098002944 Despite the wet surface, the situation was better this time. That is why the racers improved their times in the beginning. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1540308551905808395 The track dried up enough in the second half that many opted for dry track tires. The first of these was Luca Marini. The Italian quickly swung to the top of the table. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1540312300204220416 Lap times have dropped sharply in the last ten minutes as the track has dried up considerably. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1540315188666277889 In second place this time is the conclusion

Jun182022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia fastest in third practice

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Francesco Bagnaia was the fastest in the third freestyle MotoGP training in Germany, and the top five included Aleix Espargaro, Jack Miller, Johann Zarco, Jorge Martin and Fabio Quartararo, who had to give up the last quick lap after his defensive helmet removed visor. Seventh was Joan Mir ahead of Takaki Nakagami, who fell in the final minutes of training. Thanks to the Japanese, yellow flags were hoisted in the first sector, preventing some racers from setting up a fast time. Ninth was Maverick Vinales and tenth was Miguel Oliveira, who was half a second behind Bagnaio. All racers from the top ten qualified for the Q2 part of the qualifications. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1538080305189470209

Jun172022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia and Miller at the helm of Ducati's dominance in Germany

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Ducati factory racers Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller were the fastest in Friday's free practice. The Australian was the fastest in the first, and the Italian in the afternoon, where as many as five Ducati racers were ranked in the top six. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1537781832619544577 Bagnaia, who was the second fastest in the first practice, set a new lap record in the afternoon, and after 45 minutes, Luca Marina came closest to his time. Miller, who is moving to KTM at the end of the season, was third ahead of Aleix Espargaro and Johann Zarc. Jorge Martin was sixth ahead of reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo, who was again Yamaha’s top-ranked racer. Eighth was Maverick Vinales and ninth was Fabio Di Giannantonio. Ten and eleven

Jun52022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Racers: This will be a “survival” race

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Many racers are of the opinion that speed will not be as important in today's race to win as the wear of the rear tires. Due to the high temperatures and the slippery track, the race was marked as a race for survival. As the second from yesterday's qualifiers Francesco Bagnaia pointed out, the key to victory will be to keep the rear tires in optimal condition for as long as possible. "I don't know exactly how to beat Aleix. But the key will be to be smart in wearing the rear tire throughout the race. Of course you can drive at full speed from the start but then you'll have trouble in the second part and the end of the race." "It's going to be a survival race. You'll have to be gentle on the accelerations. In the fourth practice, we tested the endurance of the rear tire and were happy with the result." The current one also agrees with the Italian