Reigning MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia insists he knows how to manage the title pressure after seeing a 66-point lead reduced to just 8 heading into Sunday at the Japanese Grand Prix.
insists he knows how to manage the title pressure after seeing a 66-point lead reduced to just 8 heading into Sunday at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Martin was 66 points behind Bagnaia after the Catalunya Sprint but has claimed 97 of the 111 points since by finishing 3rd , 1st-1st , 2nd-1st and now 1st . The factory Ducati star made a late pass on Jack Miller to complete the Saturday podium in Japan, but if their 1-3 results are repeated again tomorrow Martin will take the world championship lead.“It was important today finishing at the top after the crash last week [in India], so for that reason I'm happy. But for tomorrow we have to do another step and we will do it,” Bagnaia told MotoGP.com.
“I'm focusing on being my best, improving myself and I don't want to make any argument about the pressure or this kind of thing. It’s more important to be competitive.”One type of pressure Bagnaia did admit to feeling was in his front tyre, as he spent lap-after-lap looking for a way past the KTM of Miller.
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