Ducati’s Pecco Bagnaia mentioned after his early retirement from MotoGP’s Portuguese Grand Prix that it could be “higher” to run into fourth place and crash than to go additional down the sphere and crash, as he did in latest races.
The Ducati manufacturing facility star had a disappointing weekend, slumping to eighth within the dash at Portimao, and rapidly dropped out of podium competition at Sunday’s Grand Prix.
Pecco Bagnaia was operating in fourth place, three seconds from the rostrum, when he crashed on lap 11 of 25, marking his fourth consecutive Grand Prix DNF.
Bagnaia mentioned the crash got here on account of his efforts to shut the hole to third-placed Pedro Acosta, however believes it was a “higher weekend” total when it comes to his really feel in GP25.
“I used to be pushing laborious to safe fourth place,” he mentioned.
“It was slightly too early for me to be comfy and I used to be pushing laborious to get Pedro again.
“They have been so much sooner than me, so I knew it was going to be robust.
“So I used to be simply making an attempt to do the most effective I might and I crashed as a result of I used to be pushing and that may occur.
“Actually it was a greater weekend, the outcome is kind of the identical.
“We have to concentrate on the ultimate race and I actually hope to get outcome there and have an excellent weekend.”
Requested if it was a good suggestion to crash whereas aiming for the most effective outcome, he mentioned it was “higher” than crashing out of the highest 10 in Australia and Indonesia. “To be trustworthy, I could not compete for the rostrum.
“But it surely’s actually higher than Phillip Island or Indonesia.
“So we’re making an attempt to maintain working like that. I believe we’re doing job even when we do not have the pace. However we simply want to remain calm and work effectively.”
Bagnaia’s crash price him the battle for third place within the standings, as Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi gained the grand prix.
Bagnaia, who picked up simply two factors from the Portimao weekend, is now 35 factors behind Bezzecchi and simply three factors behind Acosta.
