Competitive all season, Bagnaia was unusuall🐷y out of sorts during Practice 1 for the Dutch MotoGP as he was struggling to stay on-track at different periods. 

Bagnaia went ofꦆf on four occasions, the last of which led to him showing huge frustration whilst sitting aboard his machine. 

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After returning to pit lane on separate occasions, Bagnaia was visibly concerned🌠 as he anꦓd the factory Ducati team failed to address the issues.

Practice 2 started with the world champion still str🌌uggling, however, huge breakthroughs were made as the session went on, which is why the Italiaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn was smiling when track action was over.

"I was quite scared this morning because the bike wasn’t working," s𝕴aid Bagnaia when speaking to . "I was there fighting with it and it was shaking like crazy. 

"It was difficult to remain seated on the b💫ike but we worked well this afternoon and we did, maybe the biggest step in front I’ve ever had. 

"I’m so happy, my team has done an incredible job. What I asked fo𒅌r they gave to me. W♎e improved a lot. In terms of pace we were very competitive. 

"In time attack we can improve something but I’m happy. It’s very difficult to choose a tyre right now. All the three front tyres are not what I was expecting and the rear tyre is more slipper🏅y than last year."

Although Bagnaia was still playing catch up in terms of lap timꦦes come the end of the session compared to fellow Ducati rider Marco Bezzecchi, the steps made, particularly in race trim showed once again why he shou🐻ld be in contention for victory.

Pressed further on the issues he was facing, Bagnaia stated: "In the morning I was struggling a lot. We managed to finish 12th without a time atta🎐ck but d🃏oing that lap time was difficult. 

"When I started in the afternoon I was struggling a lot in the same way. But then we started making big steps💖 with the 🍎bike. Not little adjustments. It was big differences."