Two-time MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia believes he’s much less ready for the 2025 season than his Ducati Lenovo teammate Marc Marquez following the ultimate preseason take a look at in Buriram.
Bagnaia had two days affected by technical points on the Buriram take a look at this week which finally left him with out time to do a full race simulation, and declare that it’s Marquez who “seems in higher form”.
“It’s true that Marc [Marquez], on this second, seems in higher form, as a result of additionally yesterday he had the prospect to work, he had the prospect to really feel okay on the bike and I wasn’t in the identical scenario yesterday,” Bagnaia advised MotoGP.com’s After the Flag present following the tip of the second day of testing in Buriram.
Bagnaia’s feedback got here after Marquez completed a race simulation with tempo constantly within the 1:30s in the course of the ultimate day of preseason testing. The Spaniard’s tempo stood out from the remainder of the sector, together with Bagnaia, whose solely expertise on used tyres got here from a a sequence of shorter runs, slightly than one simulation.
“I didn’t do a simulation, simply because it was extra necessary for me to discover a means and end the job as a result of yesterday I misplaced fully, roughly, all of the day, so as we speak was to restart from zero and I didn’t have time to do [the simulation],” the Italian defined.
“What I used to be doing is to do as many laps as doable with used tyres, and it wasn’t that unhealthy contemplating the quantity of laps I [had] on the tyres.”
On the comparability to Marquez, Bagnaia added: “It’s very tough to know and to make a combination when it comes to tempo with [multiple] runs and tempo on a race simulation.
“What I wish to say is that Marc did very spectacular lap occasions and was very quick, aggressive, and after I was stopping and restarting I used to be on the identical stage however this isn’t an accurate strategy to steadiness it.”
