Pecco Bagnaia began Friday afternoon follow in Jerez, having “modified” the manufacturing facility Ducati that will even be utilized by eventual Friday chief Alex Marquez.
Sadly for Bagnaia, he was caught up within the braking zone of Flip 1 and crashed with the Gresini rider who was simply forward of him simply minutes into the beginning.
“This afternoon I began with the modifications that Alex had put in for the session, however sadly I broke the bike instantly and could not check it as I ought to have,” Bagnaia advised Sky Italia.
“It is a disgrace as a result of I believe it might have helped us loads, however we’ll strive once more tomorrow.”
Bagnaia stated of his accident: “Sadly it was my out lap and Alex was in entrance of me so I braked fairly arduous.
“He was nonetheless selecting up the tempo slowly and I spotted I needed to brake slightly extra aggressively.
“I did not have the entrance prepared, so I locked up fairly early on. I imply I tore the bike aside (on the gravel entice).”
Pecco Bagnaia, Friday follow crash, 2026 Spanish MotoGP.
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Returning on his second bike, Bagnaia set a aggressive tempo on used tires and took sixth place (+0.561 seconds) within the time assault, efficiently progressing to qualifying two.
“Although I had a lower than ultimate bike, I used to be in a position to hold an identical tempo to the sooner riders, which is necessary,” Bagnaia stated.
“Within the time assault after that, I used to be slightly confused, however it was necessary to remain in entrance.”
Ducati manufacturing facility teammate and reigning champion Marc Marquez completed fourth, simply forward of Bagnaia on the MotoGP timesheets.
