Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia is “not so scared, not so worried” about facing Q1 in qualifying for the MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix after ending Friday down in 16th.
The world champion comes to the Mandalika track on the island of Lombok just three points ahead of Jorge Martin in the standings, having seen a 66-point lead eroded since the Catalan GP. Bagnaia looked out of sorts on Friday in Indonesia and could only manage 16th after making a mistake on his final flying lap.
“It’s just because yesterday you spoke too much about Marc, so I wanted to be more in the argument,” he joked when asked what went wrong on Friday. “No, honestly, I was not expecting to be out of Q2. My feeling with the bike is finally back. “I’m feeling incredible with the bike, I can brake very hard, the corner speed is insane. The level of grip was huge compared to the last three, four races. “I was very happy.
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