Francesco Bagnaia Explains 3 Factors to Win the Duel Against Marquez in the 2024 Spanish MotoGP

Francesco Bagnaia managed to achieve victory at the 2024 Spanish MotoGP after competing with Marc Marquez . There are three key factors for the Ducati racer to be able to touch the finish line first, namely waiting, resisting attacks and using maximum speed to create a safe distance.

Bagnaia started the race at the 2024 Spanish MotoGP from seventh position. However, the Italian racer succeeded in winning after experiencing difficulties in the previous two series.

The victory in Jerez saw Francesco Bagnaia overtake his teammate, Enea Bastianini, to occupy second place in the standings. Francesco Bagnaia collected 75 points and is 17 points behind Jorge Martin who tops the standings.

Meanwhile, Francesco Bagnaia had to fight hard to win. Because, he was involved in a tight duel with Marc Marquez.

Francesco Bagnaia also said that victory in the 2024 Spanish MotoGP was determined in the last five laps, because Marc Marquez was able to close the distance to him. However, he was able to cross the finish line in first position because he had a strategy of waiting, reducing Marc Marquez’s attempts to overtake and extracting maximum speed from the Ducati Desmosedici GP24.

“The race was decided in the last five laps, when Marc closed the distance. I just tried to wait and repel his attacks immediately and after the second attempt I decided to push as hard as I could to create a safety margin to the finish line,” said Francesco Bagnaia, quoted from the official Ducati website. , Monday (29/4/2024).

The Italian racer also said that the race at the 2024 Spanish MotoGP went perfectly, after setting the fastest time on the last lap. Apart from that, Francesco Bagnaia was very happy and made everything very special after three consecutive seasons of being able to win at the Spanish MotoGP.

“I managed to record the fastest time at the end of the race, and everything went perfectly. I’m very happy, this is my third consecutive win in a full race here and that makes everything even more special,” he concluded.

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