Pecco Bagnaia has admitted he cannot imagine what problems await him at low-grip MotoGP tracks after crashing out of the Aragon Grand Prix. The Ducati rider’s persistent rear grip issues on the GP26 have worsened since the summer break.
Following a difficult British Grand Prix, Bagnaia retired again at Aragon on lap six of 23 while running seventh. He blamed a severe lack of rear grip for the crash.
“I lost the rear, then lost the front. In my opinion, the lack of grip from the rear is too much because the reality is I have zero grip—completely,” Bagnaia told the media.
“I switched to a lower power map after five laps because the rear tyre was completely finished in five laps, without pushing, without doing anything. I started to have a lot of floating already in lap five. Then I lost the rear, and when the rear came back, I lost the front.”
This contrasts with his mid-season form, where he scored four consecutive podiums between Barcelona and Brno. However, since Silverstone, he feels something changed and the problem has intensified.
“I think the feeling wasn’t that bad up to Sachsenring. Everything was working in a more consistent way. I was struggling, that’s true, but the results were more optimistic. Since Silverstone, something happened because I have zero grip completely, and I don’t know what will happen when we arrive at circuits where the grip level is lower. I can’t imagine it,” he explained.
Bagnaia also said the bike setup remained similar, apart from trying to shift more weight to the rear, but it was not enough. “Setup is similar. Yesterday morning I felt a bit better. We tried to put more weight on the rear, but it was more difficult in the sprint. In the morning, we went back to the setup from the rest of the season. The warm-up was a disaster for many reasons, but then in the race the tyre was finished in five laps,” he concluded.
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