Bagnaia after the tests: “Jerez starting point, many problems solved”

by VALERIO BARRETTA

Jerez test, Bagnaia 4th ahead of Marquez

In Jerez de la Frontera it's Bagnaia-Marquez again, but not for first place. In the collective tests that the MotoGP faced today on the Andalusian track, the #1 finished in 4th place, ahead of the Cabroncito.

Bagnaia's words

For Bagnaia, eight hours of work in which the concentration was on confirming what emerged over the weekend: “We tried several things and it all worked. Today we did some counter-tests of what we tried over the weekend, we reconfirm everything and we brought an idea for a grand prix that will come later: I'm satisfied even if we didn't do many laps. The vibrations? Jerez is not a track that causes the bike to vibrate, but the various changes we have made can and have helped us. We should have understood the direction in which to work. Hopefully we now know the path to take if it happens again. We have solved many problems, let's take Jerez as a starting point“, said the Ducati rider to the microphones of Sky Sports MotoGP.

“Yesterday's race? I watched it again with my team and it was really good. After a race like this it was essential to concentrate for the tests and therefore I had little time to enjoy it due to today's tests, but it was still fantastic“, added the world champion in charge of MotoGP. “That overtaking on the outside (on Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi, ed.) I studied it over time: last year I tried it and it worked although not so well. But I knew that something like this could be done in the first lap. It wasn't easy because there was little space, and having succeeded in this way gives even more value to the race“.

The ranking

Bagnaia is now -17 behind championship leader Jorge Martin. The reigning champion took advantage of his rival's fall to mend an important part that separated him from the top of the standings: now he can look forward to the rest of the championship with confidence thanks to the improvements made to the GP24 and yesterday's driving. An important guide for the World Championship but even more so on a mental level, both for self-esteem and to send a message to rivals.