Due to errors made by the Italian, Bagnaia was passed in the early stages of the Misano race by both eventual race winner Enea Bastianini and leader of the championship Jorge Martin.
After establishing back-to-back race lap records, he appeared to be making up with the pair, but on Lap 7, he lost the lead at Turn 8 and crashed out of his 100th Grand Prix.
“I told MotoGP.com that after the start, I can control the gap and set my pace,” Bagnaia stated.
“I was losing a great deal of time during every acceleration.” During the warm-up lap in the final corner, I lost the rear, and in the first lap at corner 13, I did the same.
“After fifteen laps, the rear tire began to function—an astonishing development!
“Even though the rear tire started to perform at the halfway point of the race and set the fastest lap of the race twice in a row, I still tried to be as careful as possible, especially under braking,” he said. “I was already having some issues with the front locking since the start of the race.”
“I started to push, but I didn’t use the front too much because I didn’t feel comfortable with it,”
“I lost the front without angle, braking 18 or 20 meters earlier than on my fastest lap.”
Bagnaia was quick to assign blame for his Misano incident, claiming that the Michelin tires had once again prevented him from finishing strongly in the race.
The Ducati racer also brought up Aragon, where he encountered a tyre problem during the sprint but stated that such things “happen to others” eventually.
“In dry weather, it is impossible to lose the front in this manner.
“Today was quite strange, but we’ve experienced it twice in the last three Grands Prix; perhaps others will experience it in the next one.”
“You put in a lot of effort in your work. You are the strongest and fastest. You are aware of your ability to win races.
“And then you get outcomes like this for something that is beyond our control.”
It’s simple to argue that I could have placed third, but when you reach your full capacity, maintain control over your speed, and then falter… It’s unfortunate.
As a result, I’m furious and frustrated since such is not possible in our competition. But things are as they are.
“We’ll work as usual when we resume. And while we shall make an effort to prevail, luck is unavoidable at times.
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