The reigning world champion loved an eventful early a part of the 12-lap dash as he battled again from being shuffled all the way down to fourth.
When KTM’s Brad Binder crashed out of the lead on lap seven, Bagnaia was launched into first place and seemed on the right track to finish a dash win drought courting again to the 2023 Austrian GP.
However at Flip 5 on the ultimate lap, he crashed and registered a 3rd dash DNF of the season.
Bagnaia known as the crash “curious” as he entered into Flip 5 slower than he had beforehand, suggesting that he was not overriding at that time.
“It appears like coming into slower [into a corner], with the identical braking [as before] could make you crash,” he mentioned.
“Usually, in regular situations it may well’t occur. However right here, the place the grip stage is a catastrophe, it may well occur.
“So, we have to analyse it, perceive it, be extra cautious in this type of scenario for tomorrow as a result of the race is longer, hotter, and might be vital to complete.
“It’s already three weeks in a row that we’re actually sturdy for the dash race, however we’re not ending for issues or crashing.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Staff crash
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“So, we misplaced one other nice alternative. I used to be quickest, I used to be main, I used to be cruising until the chequered flag, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient.”
He added: “I used to be 100% targeted. I understand how to win, and it was my form of win as a result of I used to be controlling all the things completely.
“I had extra tyre, I had extra tempo, so I used to be doing all the things excellent. It’s very curious while you have a look at my knowledge; while you see the second of the crash, it’s actually unusual to see a crash in that form of scenario.
“Nevertheless it was actually unusual immediately that each rider that was main crashed, so that is unusual and we’ve got to know for tomorrow.”
The injury being completed to Bagnaia’s 2024 title defence by Saturday malaise
Championship chief Jorge Martin struggled for tempo within the dash race – with the Pramac Ducati rider explaining that he overheated his rear tyre – and Bagnaia was on the right track to chop down his 38-point deficit within the standings.
As a substitute, Bagnaia has dropped 44 factors adrift within the championship, whereas Martin has misplaced only one level to new second-placed standings occupant Marc Marquez.
One thing of a dash specialist within the first half of 2023, profitable 4 occasions and scoring 5 different Saturday podiums, Bagnaia hasn’t fared effectively in 2024. In actual fact, not since final 12 months’s Malaysian GP has Bagnaia had a dash podium.
In Qatar he may do not more than fourth and the identical once more in Portugal, after a mistake whereas comfortably main noticed him throw away one other podium.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Staff
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A tough Americas GP spherical noticed him come away with simply two factors from the dash there, whereas a collision within the Spanish GP dash meant he scored nothing.
At Le Mans, a problem along with his second bike (which he was pressured to race after crashing his primary GP24 in qualifying) pressured him to retire.
In contrast, Martin has gained three sprints, completed third in two extra and salvaged fourth from a tricky day in Barcelona. Marquez has had 4 dash second-place finishes from six rounds on the 2023-spec Ducati run by Gresini Racing.