Francesco Bagnaia on Jorge Martin lap time: “Tomorrow will be different…”

Francesco Bagnaia: 'It’s the best Friday so far, also from a longꦛ time last year'.

Francesco Bagnaia, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 12 April
Francesco Bagnaia, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 12 April

Reigning double Mot📖oGP champion Francesco Bagnaia was in real danger of a trip to Qualifying 1 as he left the factory Ducati garage for his final Friday practicꦚe run at COTA.

But the Italian jumped from outside the top ten to 4th on his penultimate lap of the hour and later insisted the day had been far better than it looked from the outs🎉ide.

“I feel good honestly. I think it’s the best Friday so far, also from a long time last year,💫 so I’m happy,” said Bagnaia, seeking redemption this weekend after falling fro𝄹m a big lead one year ago.

“My feeling was really good and we managed to do a gooꦕd session. We did a different strategy to the others, with more laps on the medium rear.

“It worked and I’m happy, but we also saw that the soft was with a good potential, so tomorrow we will do more laps on the soft to d🐟ecide on the race tyre.”

Looking at the 0.4s gap to Pram🗹ac Ducati’s Jorge Martin and Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales at the head of the Friꦐday timesheets, Bagnaia said:

“For sure Jorge did a r🃏eally good lap time, like Maverick, but let’s see. Tomorrow will be different…”

Bagnaia has s🗹lipped to fourth in the world championship after tangling with Marc Marquez last time in Portimao.

Team-mate Enea Bastianini was eighth quickest.

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