The MotoGP India GP ended with a crash for Francesco Bagnaia, which resulted in him not scoring any points in the main race and saw his rivals in the title fight getting closer. The Ducati rider now faces the Japanese GP without being affected by what happened.
When asked about what he will do to mentally overcome the incident, the championship leader answered: ‘How to clean my mind? Racing as soon as possible. We race this weekend. It’s always a benefit understanding your crash – knowing why you are crashing – and then repeat the race weekend the week after. I can say that I don’t have any problems, I don’t have the crash of the last week in my mind. I know what I did wrong and I know perfectly how strong we are, how strong I am’.
Despite his crash in India, Bagnaia emphasized that he will not change his approach: ‘I will force again, and if I was again in this situation I would force the same. My riding style is that, my strategy is to push always and I will continue like this. I will try to improve always – I’m always improving – and I will try to be at the best position possible. I will try to win like always and then let’s see’.
As for the crash he suffered last year in Motegi, the reigning champion did not seem concerned: ‘The last year was another situation, so the past is the past, we move on’.