Thailand MotoGP: Johann Zarco “thinking of Ducati contract” in Francesco Bagnaia fight, says Michael Laverty
Zarco set five consecutive fastest laps in the wet Buriram conditions, passing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez and eventually finishing fourth. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira won.
Ducati Lenovo Team rider Bagnaia finished on the podium and Pramac Racing’s Zarco did 😼not try to ✃cost his teammate any points as the title race heats up, Laverty thinks.
“Honestly,🎃 it looked like he tempered his ag𓂃gression on the last two laps,” Laverty said on BT Sport.
“He had a chance at the win. You could see how hard he w🤡as pushing. He was the man with the pace.
“But on the last two laps I think he poꦰssﷺibly could have made an attempt, a manoeuvre at Pecco.
“But he🅘 thought of his Ducati contract! He was playing the game!”
Sylvain Guintoli said: “He pushed hard to get to Marquez and Pecco. The mix of having pushed on the tyres, and also thinking of the championship and a Ducati contract in the futu🌊re!”
What happened to Fabio Quartararo?
Bagnaia reduced the deficit from 18 to two points in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP 2022 standings behind leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo, who had a shocking race and finished 17th.
“He gave away 12 seconds on th🧜e first lap,” Laverty said about Quartararo. “He wasn’t even the fastest Yamaha out there, he was half-a-second slower than his teammate. He couldn’t challenge the Ducatis.
“🦩It will be tough for him to take, a tough race. He w🌱ill be disappointed.”
Guintoli said: “It looked like he was💛 struggling for side grip, hesitating on the corn🌜ers.
“It took him ages to get up to speed. It just didn’t happenꦉ for him today.
“One week - the difference it makes! The marginܫs are so small so you need to have confidence. In the wet it is about confidence and side-grip.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a de▨cade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
