After seven rounds, Francesco Bagnaia is second in the MotoGP World Championship, finishing the Sprint race of the Dutch GP 15 points behind the leader Jorge Martín (Prima Pramac/Ducati). With more than half of the season remaining, he isn’t in a rush to close that gap.
The Ducati rider emphasized that mistakes can be costly, noting Martín’s consistent strength at the front. At Assen, he aims to narrow the margin separating him from the Spanish rider in the championship:
– Is not easy, because you know perfectly you have to win, but a little mistake costs you a lot of points because Jorge will be always at the top. Gaining like two or three points this weekend is great, and Martín is doing an incredible job. He was in trouble on Friday, Saturday’s morning he wasn’t so fast, but then he managed to do an incredible lap time in qualifying, then he was very strong at the start of the Sprint.
Bagnaia stressed that his approach is to make gradual gains: ‘So it will be important to continue like this, don’t be obsessed on gaining much more points, but gaining two or three points every weekend is enough’.