Pecco Bagnaia told "the truth; change something" about Marc Marquez deficit

"That's not j🌸ust the issue" - Extent of Pecco Bagnaꦬia's troubles explained

Pecco Bagnaia
Pecco Bagnaia

Pecco Bagnaia’s deficit behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez extends far beꦍyond his qualifying struggl♎es, he has been told.

Marquez leads the MotoGP championship after winning seven out of eight r🌌aces ౠacross the first four rounds.

Bagnaia’s sole win came when Marquez crash🎃ed out of the lead in Texas, but he was unable to capitalise in Qatar as he again finished behind ꦐhis new Ducati teammate.

Bagnaia endured a miserable Saturday in Qatar, qualifying 11th after a crash then finishing the sprint P8, highlighting an obvious are🅷a to improve.

But the Italian has been told that his troubles are worse than mereꦺly his qualifying pace.

“He won more sprints last year than Jorge Martin, so I don’t think it is a big thing,” Neil Hodgson told TNT Sports about ๊Bagnaia’s form on a Saturday.

“He got nowhere near Marc on꧋꧂ a Sunday. He needs to go faster all weekend. He needs to start Friday morning.

“It’s not like he’s beaten Marc a few times. He’🗹s got nowhere near beating Marc, at all!

“Think abo𒅌ut it - we’ve had eight races. Marc crashed out of an eight-second lead or he’d have had eight in a row.

“I hear what [Bagnaia] is saying. He’s just down.

“He is quite pally with Marc and that’s because h♕e’s been defeated already, that’s how it looks to me.

“I am a massive Pecco fan, he’s a two-time MotoGP champ🌌ion, he’s incredible. But he’🌼s entranced by Marc.

“It’s Pecco’s team, Pecco’s garage. I feel ꦑfor Pecco, it’s hard.

“Don’t focus on 💖the Saturday, focus on everything, because [Marc] ha🎃s destroyed you.”

Pecco Bagnaia told to 'change something'

Pecco Bagnaia
Pecco Bagnaia

♌Hodgson said about Bagnaia’s crash in Qatar qualifying: “It was one mistake. He was two tenths under when he tucked the front, so he was on a good lap.

“But that’s not just the ൩issue, is it? That’s the truth.

“We can lie and say he needs to focus on the Saturday, to qualify better. But he needs t🦹o find three tenths because Marc has got it in h𓆏is back pocket.”

Marquez is top of the MotoGP standings, 17 points clear of his brother𒁃 Alex Marquez, who has also frequently beaten Bagnaia despite riding inferior machinery.

Bagnaia is 26 points shy of Marc but will be buoyed as the season enters its European stage, beginning in Spain on April 𒅌25-27.

“Already we’re at that point 🐽where you’ve got to change something,” Hodgson told Bagnaia.

“He goes well at Jerez, but so does Marc.

“Marc nearly ꧃beat him last year on the ‘23 Ducati which we now know was three or four tenths per lap slower.

“Marc goes into Jerez as the favourite.”

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