"Amazing to see the Ducati factory team solving the problems" to help Francesco Bagnaia to Qatar win
The power of Ducati’s engineers has been praised for Francesco Bagnaia’s victory in the season-opening Qatar MotoGP.
But overnight his bike was set up in an alternate way which allowed him to cruise through the longer race to lay down an early marker for the title.“He was going backwards. Much, much slower than Aleix Espargaro.“You’ve got to hand it to Bagnaia, when the pressure is on, he manages the start, a great first lap, really aggressive, and races in a great way.
“There was definitely an advantage out in front because your tyres stay in the optimum window in terms of surface temperature and pressure.Guintoli credited Bagnaia’s team: “It’s just amazing to see the Ducati factory team solving the problems, the puzzle, for the Sunday race. Once again.“But until Saturday night he was really struggling, he had no grip whatsoever at the end of the sprint race.
Guintoli added: “It was an arm wrestling match. They did lose time, and lost contact with Pecco because of that fight. They wanted to be behind Pecco.”“He was really worried, you could tell by his interviews and his attitude,” Guintoli said.
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