Francesco Bagnaia will be looking to build on an opening weekend that saw him claim a second career podium and firstဣ for the factory team. 

Bagnaia also set a new lap record around 💜the Losail International Circuit during qualifying, as he became the only rider to ever lap under the 1m 53s barrier. . 

The Italian led more laps than anyone during the race, and it wasn’t until 7 lap﷽s remaining that Bagnaia lost the lead to eventual race winner Maverick Vinales. 

The 2018 Moto2 champion cited a ‘wrong strategy’ of pushing too hard at the beginning which cost him the opport🏅unౠity to keep pace with Vinales.

But looking ahead to the second race in Doha, Bagnaia is hoping to learn from the data in order to challenge for the wi𒊎n this time around.&꧟nbsp;

"Last wee♚k, I went close to getting my first MotoGP win, but unfortunately, the strategy I adopted in the race turned out to b🎀e wrong," added Bagnaia. 

"I pushed too hard at the꧂ start, and that prev🌌ented me from maintaining the same pace until the end. 

"Still, I managed tℱo get on the podium, and I'm pleased about that because it wꦉas a great way to start my new adventure with the Ducati Lenovo Team. 

"This week I'll definitely aim for something more. The track conditions last Sunday were particular because of the win🌜d and the sand on the track surface. 

"Now, we'll analyse the data to be ab❀le to fight for the victory until the last lap of the Doha GP."