Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia says he is ‘keeping feet on the ground’ after extending his MotoGP points lead to 27 over Jorge Martin in the Australian Grand Prix.
This time last week in Indonesia, Bagnaia lost the title lead to Martin after the Pramac rider won the sprint and moved seven points clear.But a crash for Martin in Sunday’s main race and a win for Bagnaia put the reigning champion 18 clear coming to Australia.Bagnaia qualified third having come through Q1 at Phillip Island on Saturday and finished the grand prix second, after long-time leader Martin dropped to fifth as his soft tyre gamble backfired.
”Bagnaia believes his second consecutive Q1 appearance was a result of him focusing on working with the medium rear tyre in practice on Friday, and was convinced he would be able to catch Martin in Saturday’s grand prix when he saw his gap stop growing.“I think we missed Q2 just because we did more laps on the medium, trying more laps on the medium,” he added.“This year the grip level was less than last year and the performance was faster.“So, we were faster with less grip.
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