The Ducati rider on the Jerez tire issue. “I read about the irregularity, but there were no penalties, so let’s talk about nothing: many of us would have been irregular since the beginning of the year. It would be nice to repeat the sequence of victories of 2021 after the first success: I feel better on the bike, but here the weather will also count ”
12 May 2022 | 18:00 – 18:00
– Milan
Tackling the French GP, the seventh round of the 2022 MotoGP World Championship, with the fresh success of Jerez in his pocket is an extraordinary boost for Bagnaia: it could be the beginning of a 3-in-a-row as happened to him in 2021 after breaking the ice with the first. top class victory. The Ducati rider knows this, but faints: “It would be nice to repeat last year’s sequence of triumphs after my first victory, but we’ll see – says the Ducati rider -. Here we should start in the dry, but Sunday is expected. the rain and we will have to adjust: on this track I took my first podium, the Yamaha is very strong, like Jack Miller and we’ll see. The wet? In Mandalika I was slow and had no feeling, but in Portimao it went better. different and for this season we need to understand the situation better: we are waiting for the results of the first sessions also to understand our level “.
the pressures of jerez
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Around his victory in Jerez, the question of tire pressure exploded, lower than the prescribed limits, but Bagnaia vindicates himself with class: “The tire pressure values are set knowing that if you are in front, they do not rise too much, but if you are in someone’s wake increases a lot and in Jerez, with that heat, it was a difficult job for the chief mechanic – explains Pecco -. I read about the illegality, but since the beginning of the season there would have been 18 and no one was penalized, so let’s talk about nothing . If you ask the other riders, I think they all agree with me: managing the pressure of the rear tire is simple, but for the front the situation is more complex. ”
the gallons of favorite
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Pecco started for 2022 with the role of being one of the favorites for the title, but his start to the season was not in line with expectations: the situation has not changed his mentality. “My approach is the same, but I wanted to understand why I was suffering so much. We started with tests on a track where we had never ridden and I was missing something; in Qatar we tried to understand something, in Argentina there was the first. progress in the feeling in the saddle and also in Austin I did 5th in a difficult situation when I didn’t feel right; in Portimao I was finding the old feeling despite the crash and the injury and in Jerez, then, we took the last step and I rediscovered my old feelings. In fact, even better because this year at Jerez I was better off than 2021 … “.
May 12, 2022 – 6:00 pm
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