Francesco Bagnaia’s best start to a MotoGP season ඣhas seen him take two podiums from three race♐s so far, as the season rolls into Jerez.

The Italian has somewhat of a score to settle with the Andalusia based circuit following last year - mainly due to the second race, as engine ൩issues cost hi♍m a sure podium finish.  

But following a performance that saw him claim second in Portimao having started 11th, it’s no surprise the 2ꦉ018꧃ Moto2 champion is in high spirits.

"I’m really confident because at the moment I feel v🃏ery good with everything, my bike, my team. Last year I was competi♋tive here, most of all in the second one (race), but I just had bad luck with the engine failure," added Bagnaia. 

"I ♕think it can be a positive weeke🐼nd for us and I believe we can try to stay on the top three again."

This prompted Bagnaia to also discuss♕ where the improvements ha꧑ve come following a difficult second part of 2020. 

Bagnaia said: "Already last yea꧂r I started to ride the Ducati in a different way, and now 🐼I understand better how to do it now. 

"In the second part of last year I was struggling a lot and it was very difficult to accept ꦦit and to understand what was happening. 

"But then in the pre-season test I started again to have a good feeling, and maybe all the work done in the winter, in the gym, and with all the other riders of the academy has maybe give💮n me extra motivation and extra c𒐪onfidence in myself." 

Bagnaia also alluded to his early years in the Grand Prix paddock particularly with Mahindra in Moto3, which was not a꧙ favoured machine by any means, as something that’s helped him in difficult situations, while his style resembles more of the one he had during the lower categories.

"I think my Mahindra story has given me extra motivation in difficult situat𝄹ions. It’s not the same situation because now I’m in the factory team and I have the best of the best." added the Italian. 

"My riding style this year is close to the riding style I had in Moto2 or Moto3, because I can brake very hard and eဣn🍸ter with more speed compared to other Ducati’s. It’s something that I learned in these two years in MotoGP."