The Italian swept each days of this week’s Qatar check and led the best way with a record-smashing 1m50.952s on Tuesday to steer team-mate Enea Bastianini by 0.120s.
The 2024 Ducati additionally seemed sturdy within the opening check of the 12 months in Malaysia, with Bagnaia left beaming after the Qatar working.
Nevertheless, he does categorical a level of warning, noting that being sturdy in testing doesn’t imply a lot in a correct race weekend setting.
“I pushed like at all times when it’s important to do a time assault, but it surely was the primary time I put within the smooth,” he stated about his lap time on Tuesday.
“So, I don’t understand how a lot nonetheless you may enhance this lap time. Perhaps in qualifying with two tyres you may enhance somewhat bit. Nevertheless it was necessary to do laps with the smooth tyres to do a dash simulation.
“It was sufficient to do only one time assault. The sensation proper now’s unbelievable. I feel the 24 is best in all of the areas, in each space, than the 23.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Crew
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“It’s a mixture of all the nice issues from the 22 and the nice issues from the 23. So, proper now in the meanwhile it’s working completely.
“However we all know completely that [in] a race weekend all the pieces can change. Proper now the sensation is constructive and the 24 seems quick with Enea and [Jorge] Martin, so we will be proud.”
Bagnaia added that his Ducati group was in a position to finalise the course to go together with the 2024 bike heading into the primary spherical of the season in Qatar subsequent month.
“We’ve selected all the pieces and with what to start out with the season and really proud of the sensation – greater than the lap time, as a result of whenever you really feel this properly with a motorbike it’s regular that lap instances are arriving,” he stated.
“And the situations in these 5 days of testing in Malaysia and right here have been excellent.
“So, we’ll see within the race in 15 days however proper now I’m very pleased.”
