Ducati’s Pecco Bagnaia says the collision triggered by Johann Zarco that took him out of the MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix “was a racing incident”.
The double world champion registered his fifth successive grand prix non-finish on the Valencia Grand Prix finale, after he was taken down by LCR Honda’s Johann Zarco on the opening lap.
Pecco Bagnaia’s weekend was sophisticated by a fuelling error in qualifying leaving him sixteenth on the grid, although he felt he may have challenged for a high six outcome on Sunday.
Zarco was given a protracted lap penalty for the collision, which Bagnaia feels was the proper punishment.
“Actually, the race simply lasted 25 seconds,” he started.
“I used to be fairly prepared. I overtook six riders, so it was a very good begin.
“Simply Zarco missed the braking level, and it was a racing incident. I believe it was a racing incident, one thing that may occur.
“The penalty they gave to him was the proper one, and honest.
“This monitor just isn’t simple. The primary laps listed here are powerful, troublesome, with our bikes.
“He was only a bit too optimistic. However I may have executed the identical in nook two once I overtook three riders, and nothing occurred.
“He tried to do the identical, and he missed the braking, however nothing too unusual.”
Bagnaia’s exit from the Valencia Grand Prix, in addition to his qualifying situation, comes only a few weeks after a puncture robbed him of a podium in Malaysia.
Having began the marketing campaign as a title contender, Bagnaia ends it in fifth within the standings.
“In any case, one of many hardest, and perhaps the worst seasons I’ve had – largely the final half,” he mentioned.
“So, not rather more to say about it. I believe I mentioned sufficient through the season, and now I’m simply trying ahead to driving the bike within the check, hoping that we’ll discover the answer.
“I’m a dreamer, so I nonetheless consider will probably be potential, and see if we are able to begin with a very good base for the check in February.”
“Negativity is rarely the important thing”, as Bagnaia displays on powerful 2025
Requested for his ideas after the crash, and the season he has had, Bagnaia doesn’t wish to mirror on the season with a lot negativity as he feels doing so these days has “attracted unfavorable issues”.
“Clearly, after this season, I simply would have favored to have loved it, to have had enjoyable through the race.
“For 3 corners I had enjoyable, and I believe the potential for a very good race was there to complete within the high seven, high six.
“That will have been a improbable outcome, and I believe it was potential, contemplating the sensation on the medium and the large gasoline tank.
“So, a very good race was potential. Actually, once more at this time, crashing or having a problem yesterday, and having a problem on Friday morning.
“So, I believe negativity is rarely the important thing, and whenever you begin to assume unfavorable issues, you entice unfavorable issues.
“It’s what occurred to us. I believe everybody was drained, and the season was fairly powerful for everyone, lengthy, and in case you’re having fun with the season, even when it’s lengthy, you arrive to the final half in a simple method.
“In our scenario, that we have been reaching the highest three within the championship and aiming to combat for one or two within the championship, after which what occurred, occurred.
“Additionally the staff began to be drained like me, and it’s troublesome to work in that scenario.
“I made many errors, like yesterday in qualifying, to not be quick within the first try. And the staff additionally did one. Nevertheless it’s a part of the job.”
Q. Troublesome 2020 finish. Comparable strategy for this winter?
PB: “I hope. I believe the 2020 season resulted in a catastrophe method, however for the incident with the leg. Within the final a part of the season I used to be fully destroyed by the crash in Brno and the operation.
