Pecco Bagnaia, who had struggled to cover his earlier distaste for the Balaton Park circuit, had a smile again on his face after Friday’s free apply in Brno.
Ducati manufacturing facility riders not solely praised the structure of the legendary Czech circuit, which permits them to push their 1000cc MotoGP machines to their limits, however they have been additionally boosted by the excessive grip ranges.
The Italian completed the day in fourth place, sandwiched between Ducati’s main VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio and manufacturing facility teammate Marc Marquez.
Pecco Bagnaia, 2026 Brno MotoGP.
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“I feel you may smile as a lot as I do after simply two laps right here,” Bagnaia informed the media.
“As a result of it is an ideal observe. You’ll be able to actually take pleasure in each lap, each nook. This can be a actual observe and it is nice to drive right here.”
“They did an ideal job on the tarmac as a result of the grip stage is excessive.
“It looks like they put 63 levels in each nook.
“For us, that is nice as a result of we are able to use all of the efficiency and all the facility of those MotoGP bikes, which isn’t out there on many tracks.”
Pecco Bagnaia, 2026 Brno MotoGP.
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“It disappears as quickly as I set up the software program.”
Whereas Brno’s asphalt helped clear up Bagnaia’s fundamental downside of rear grip, he revealed that it was the other downside for Di Giannantonio.
“My downside isn’t that the rear is pushing the entrance. Diggia has this downside,” mentioned Bagnaia, who took pole place in Brno a yr in the past. “My downside is that I’m on the opposite aspect as a result of I don’t have the grip.
“However fortunately the extent of grip may be very excessive on this observe, which is a giant assist for me.
“With the medium rear tire I nonetheless have this downside in some corners, however as quickly as I am going delicate it goes away. It is a lot better.”
“However with the work that was performed as we speak, I feel we have improved on these sorts of issues. We tried issues that we hadn’t examined earlier than, and it was a superb assist.”
“I feel we are able to take a brand new step towards tomorrow, heading in the identical course.
“Within the first time assault I used to be already in a position to go straight into Q2. Within the second time assault I pushed a bit extra, however I did not do an ideal lap. So we have now some margin.
“It’s true that Aprilia is stronger than us in the mean time, however we’re working in the direction of that.”
Ai Ogura and Marco Bezzecchi have been on the high of Aprilia’s Friday timesheet.
