The Piedmontese from Ducati will start ninth on the grid: “Not my best day, but in FP4 I found the best sensations. Suzuki and Honda are strong and Marquez is in shape. The warm-up will be important, then in the race we usually manage to do plus the difference ”
Francesco Bagnaia finished ninth qualifying for the Qatar GP, a somewhat unexpected performance for the Piedmontese from Ducati. Yet Pecco sees the positive side because despite the fact that a difficult race is announced tomorrow, in FP4 he was able to put aside a lot of development work and concentrate on the set-up, finding good sensations that leave him partially optimistic in view of the GP. “It wasn’t my best qualifying – he said – I tried to do my best and for the first time I found the feeling with the front. Tomorrow the warm-up will be important and I will be able to concentrate only on my bike ”.
what a good Aeneas
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“Today I couldn’t find the limit, I think tomorrow it will be a good result to finish in the top 5. We have to be realistic, many opponents have been faster so far, but I can improve in the warm-up and then you know that in the race we always find something extra. So we have to think that we don’t have to worry, we have to be optimistic ”. The Ducatis of Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini took pole. What do you think? “In my opinion the one in the best position is Enea, his bike is defined, he used the time of the tests to work to gain confidence and he was very good because last year he was struggling and today he was fast. I was impressed by Jorge because he was the only one to exploit the potential of the bike and he was the best of the Ducati fans, he entered, pushed over the problems and did a good lap ”.
feeling found
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And the race? “Starting ninth here is not a problem as it can be at Jerez or on other tracks, you can’t push 100% in the first laps, it’s a bit better. Obviously I want to win, I would like to say that I have the chance to win but as a realist we must say that a valid goal is the Top 5 because at the moment I have not shown that I have the pace for victory. FP4 went well, where I found the sensations of last year and this is the most positive thing, in the race we usually make a difference, but let’s see tomorrow because Suzuki and Honda are strong and Marquez is in shape. If we do everything well, we can fight for the top 5 ”.
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