Shock at Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez decision which is a “risk” and “strain”
“It’s a m🅘assive physical strain - and one he could avoid"
A decision which 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez agree on has surprised paddock insiders.
Both riders will head home immedꦰiately after the Japanese MotoGP, before travelling from Europe to Australia for the next MotoGP round.
The Phillip Island round in Australia is in two weeks on Ocꦚtober 18-20.
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“I go home, to rest a bit, to enjoy s༺ome rest moments,” Bagnaia told TNT Sports after winning in Motegi.
“I can’t go bac🌳k to my family’s c𓄧ity because I have to stay in Pesaro.
“But I will spend my Sunday on the sofa watchin💦g Superbikes and Formula 1, it will be good!”
How✅ever, his logistical decision has cau🎶sed some shock.
“I am real🎀ly surprised. It’s such a massive thing,” TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgson said.
“We will go home. You are jet lagged, obviously. Then, within a weekꦆ, you are off to A🎀ustralia so you have major jet lag.
“I am shocked he’s going home.
“He’s here wi🔴th𒐪 his wife. He’s got friends and mates around him.
“I thought he would go straight to Australia.”
Micha🅠el Laverty added: “You go back ꦍto your comfort zone to eat the food that you want.
“𓃲You could stay on the Australian 🤪time zone if you choose - it’s difficult, you are a night owl.
“If you are a creature of habit and you like🍎 your home comforts, t🐻hen perhaps it’s worth the journey home.
“ꦐBut you risk the viruses a༒nd bugs on the plane. You go home then have to re-set to the time zone here.
“It’s a massive physical straiꦍn - and one he could avoid, with♊ his wife here. “He could go to Australia and sit on the beach.”
Bagnaia is not alone in his decision ꦦto head back to Europe despite knowing another long-haul flight awaits a week later.
Marquez confirmed: “Now I will ꧃come back to Spain.
“For one week I like to relax at home, to recover. To take care of myself and my body, then prepare for the ne🌺xt three races.”
The flyaway section of the MotoGP season is w🅺ell underway meaning the majority of the Europe-based riders must contend with the logistics of travelling worldwide.
After back-to-back rounds in Indonesia and Japan, there is a one-week break before🐟 a triple-header in Australia, Thailand and Malaysia.
The season ends in Valencia.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ༺everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
