168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia is braced for another showdown with MotoGP title leaders Marc ꦚand ♕Alex Marquez in Qatar, despite the #93 playing down his pre-event chances.

Fresh off a fortunate win in Austin, Bagnaia is aiming to build momentum at a track better suited to h♏is riding style.

“It was great to have that kind of performance at a tough track for me,” Bagnaia said of COTA. “This is a better circuit, more suitable for my riꦑding style. I like the track, I like the layout."

Bagnaia was 🐻handed victory in Austin when new team-mate Marc threw away a perfect sixth factory Ducati win in a row by crashing out of the lead.

“We know that we won because of Marc’s crash. He was ga🦋ining tenths every lap. My potenti🍎al was to finish second. Then he crashed, and the only objective was to win,” Bagnaia said.

"We didn't finish our work"

Despite that stroke of fortune, Bagnaia fe💖els Austin marked anot🎐her step in his quest to regain the form that took him to eleven GP wins in 2024.

“In Austiไn we did a very good job, the s✅tep we made was good, but we didn't finish our work,” Bagnaia said.

“We have to continue in the same direction to take a𒉰nother step in braking and corner ♑entry.”

"Marc and Alex are the two contenders"

Meanwhile, Marc Marquez, whose only Moto💮GP win at Lusail came back in 2014, pla꧙yed down his Qatar chances.

“It’s the first circuit that theoretically𒆙 Alex and Pecco are better than me, by the historic results," Marquez said.

But Baไgnaia wo♏n’t be lulled into a false sense of security.

“Already last year Marc was competitive here [with Gresini]. S🍬o I expect that Marc and Alex are the two contenders,” Bagnaia said.

ওIndeed, the Italian predicts Marc to be fas🔜t from the very first laps at Lusail, “like at the other three race weekends”.

Meanwhile, he will🌞 become stronger as the "dirty" tr👍ack conditions improve "... so I can be more competitive and fight."

"The tyres that Michelin brought here are very good, so maybe this season we can also use more the🌸 soft.”

La🏅st year saw almost all rider🐻s race the medium compounds, front and rear.

“Jorge doesn’t have to put pressure on himself"

Bagnaia alsoꩵ welcomed back his 2023 and 2024 title rival Jorge Martin, who is poised to make a belated Aprilia MotoGP debut this weekend after pre-season injuries.

“Jorge doesn’t have to put pressure on himself. Hಌe did just 13 laps this season with a MotoGP bike then he had already 3 big crashes, one in in training and two in Malaysia. So he doesn't have to rush, just adapting , just understanding and enjoying the race weekend.

“It will not be easy for him to enjoy the first weekend because a MotoGP bike is a beast and in this condition, maybeಌ will str꧟uggle a bit. But he has time enough to improve during the race weekend and the next races.”

Bagnaia starts the Qatar weekend 11 points behind Marc Marquez and 12 from title leader Alex.