Francesco Bagnaia after difficult first day: ‘Our potential is much higher’
Francesco Bagnaia has not lost any confidence heading into the second d🌸ay of the Qatar MotoGP, despite struggling 𒁃aboard his factory Ducati.

A slow start to the day for reigning MotoGP champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia appeared to put him on the backfoot compared to the likes of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez.
The reigning world champion made a very swift return to pit lane in FP1 b൲efore remaining in the garage for some time, as he was discontent with the behaviour of the rear tyre.
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But Bagnaia managed to pull out a lap time goodꦕ enough for the top ten, before the evening’s wet FP2 resulted in no changes to the overall order.
Speaking to MotoGP.com after day-one, Bagnaia said: “For sure it was not the first day I wa🅠s expecting but unluckily we didn’t have the maximum or best feeling ever on the bike.
“The bike was working well bu🐻t there was something that was not working well.
“I’m not happy overall but we know that our p⛄otential is much 🐼higher and we can fight for the top positions. My feeling was not the best.”
While Marquez and Martin hit the ground runningꦏ on day-one, Bagnaia’s team-mate Enea Bastianini also seemed more comfortable than the two-time world champion.
Bagnaia admitted he can rely on his ‘n🌄ormal’ setting to try and generate more performance which is his aim heading into Saturday’s action-packed qualifying and sprint race d🧸ay.
Hoping to be further forward, Bagnaia said: “We know the setting per♐fect꧙ly and we know where our potential is.
“I’m expecting to have a go💟od feeling overall, tomorrow. The condition of this FP2 practice in the wet will not be the best for the sand but w𝔉e we try to be in the top ten.”