Bagnaia was in a dominant place in Saturday’s 12-lap dash having taken the lead on the finish of lap two, earlier than pulling out a niche of simply over a second at one stage.
However, whereas nearly a second away from the remainder, Bagnaia outbraked himself into Flip 1 on lap 9 and dropped to fourth, the place he would stay to the chequered flag.
Explaining what occurred, Bagnaia mentioned he didn’t contemplate the change in gas load that was already having an impact on the way in which his GP24 was braking because the race went on and didn’t regulate his stopping distance accordingly.
“I f****d up,” Bagnaia started.
“I used to be lastly having a superb feeling, beginning nicely, attacking, managing the hole, opening a niche and managing the hole.
“So, every part was excellent. However I didn’t contemplate the truth that the gas was consuming and the primary nook is a bit unusual as a result of the downhill makes the rear go up and up.
“And after 4, 5 laps I began to really feel that the rear was all the time a bit larger and I used to be braking all the time the identical.
“So, I simply tried to keep away from the crash going extensive, however I misplaced every part. From that second I simply tried to complete the race and having rather more factors as doable.
“For certain, it was higher to win as a result of it’s a very long time that I used to be feeling like this in a dash race.
“This sort of mistake doesn’t assist however we now have to take the positives and see that, once more, we had been capable of struggle within the dash race on a gentle rear tyre that was not an excessive amount of [to my liking].”
Bagnaia added that the rear of the GP24 on braking “is a little more nervous” than final 12 months’s bike, however this doesn’t excuse him from not reacting to it as he ought to have.
His error capped off a foul day for the manufacturing facility Ducati crew, after poleman and team-mate Enea Bastianini completed sixth after by chance disengaging his entrance begin system on the grid.
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
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The highest factory-spec Ducati on the chequered flag was Pramac’s Jorge Martin in third, however he needed to battle as soon as once more with vibration points on the rear of his bike.
“Effectively, I don’t know what to say as a result of I struggled all weekend with the gentle,” Martin mentioned.
“So, for certain I assumed I used to be going to have the ability to battle for the victory. I attempted it, however I couldn’t make that transfer on Maverick [Vinales].
“I struggled rather a lot, I had lots of rear vibrations once more. I didn’t have it yesterday, I didn’t have it this morning, however right this moment [in the sprint] I had it rather a lot.
“However right this moment for certain we had been pushing an excessive amount of into the rear tyre and we had been having these issues. Each lap it was worse and I couldn’t make this transfer on Maverick.
“So, I believe my place was actually conditioned by not making that transfer.
“If not, I believe I used to be a bit stronger to tug away. However it’s what it’s. Tomorrow with the medium with which I really feel extra assured, [I will] attempt to have a extra steady bike.”
