Francesco Bagnaia will not have an easy time in his fight for a third consecutive MotoGP title. After five rounds, the Ducati rider is already 38 points behind the leader, Jorge Martín (Prima Pramac/Ducati), who has been leading the championship since the Portuguese GP and has rarely faltered.
As if that weren’t enough, the Italian also has to worry about Marc Márquez. The eight-time world champion has found a way to be competitive with the Gresini Ducati and this Sunday, he overtook Bagnaia in a direct duel for second place in Le Mans, now trailing by just two points in the championship.
Gigi Dall’Igna, General Director of Ducati Corse, acknowledged in statements to the official MotoGP website that Bagnaia’s task is not easy and the rider is not pleased with the result in France. However, the director was pleased with the performance he witnessed.
– Anyway he did a fantastic in Jerez, he did a fantastic job also at this race. Of course he is not happy about the result because he would like to win this race and I think he could. But fighting with two other riders is not easy and at the end he is the third. But anyway I’m really happy with his race.