The Sprint race was marked, especially in the final laps, by the duel between Fabio Di Giannantonio and Francesco Bagnaia, with the Gresini rider justifying why he couldn’t overtake his official team rival.
In a statement, DiGia, who doesn’t have a place on the grid for next year and who made his podium debut last week, considers that he lost a lot of time exiting the corners today in the Sprint at Valencia, to justify why he couldn’t overtake the #1:
– If a few months ago they told us that sixth would have meant a bad result, we would have celebrated, so this is clearly a positive day. We have speed and a great pace. Too bad that we’re losing so much on corner exit as it prevented me from having a shot at Pecco. We need to work in this area, but we can still have another great race.