"We will have a switch in terms of who will be behind Ducati"
Francesco Bagnaia is anticipating a change in the competitive order of MotoGP this season after a strong showing from Yamaha in the opening preseason test in Malaysia.
“I think Yamaha did a very good job, but we have to wait for Thailand because they did six days of test , so maybe some performance also comes from this. “But, apart from that I’m happy that all the jobs done were useful for us to understand where to improve and to understand which base to decide to use in Thailand.”
“For me, no,” Bagnaia said, “because, honestly, it’s clear that when you have to do many things, when you have to try many things, a bit of the performance goes away – it’s normal that it’s like this.“I didn’t have the chance to do two or three like other riders did, just because we needed to be more focused on working.
Bagnaia and Marquez both completed Sprint simulations, with the latter having an average lap time around 0.3 seconds faster than Bagnaia.
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