Pecco Bagnaia mentioned after the troublesome German Grand Prix that he has suffered from a scarcity of rear grip all through the complete 2026 MotoGP season to this point.
The double world champion solely certified eleventh on the Sachsenring and completed sixth within the Grand Prix, 11.495 seconds behind Ducati teammate and race winner Marc Marquez.
Pecco Bagnaia enters the summer season break in eighth place, 65 factors away from the championship lead, however continues to be winless coming into Sunday, with one dash victory in a Grand Prix and simply 4 third-place finishes.
Pecco Bagnaia, 2026 Sachsenring MotoGP Dash.
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The Italian has battled with a scarcity of rear grip all season and claims it’s a drawback solely Alex Marquez has skilled, however believes “they’ve solved it”.
He’s now calling on Ducati to make use of the summer season break to unravel his issues.
“It was very troublesome contemplating how arduous I labored this weekend. It is an excellent consequence to complete seventh and sixth,” he mentioned of the German Grand Prix.
“And we’ve to have a look at the positives, however they’re a number of, not many, however a number of.
“And I feel the tire put on has improved just a little bit in comparison with yesterday.
“However I nonetheless have the identical drawback from the primary race.
“There is no rear grip. You’ll be able to’t use the rear to show or speed up the bike.
“The one rider with Ducati who has the identical drawback as me is Alex.
“He had the identical drawback as me earlier than Jerez, however they solved it.
“So I actually hope this summer season break will assist the crew perceive what to do.”
Jorge Martin, Pecco Bagnaia, 2026 German MotoGP
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“It wasn’t a good suggestion to trigger an accident…”
Bagnaia cornered Aprilia’s Jorge Martin within the last phases of Sunday’s race on the Sachsenring, however may have discovered a option to overtake him.
The Ducati rider mentioned each had “compensated” for numerous weaknesses, however he did not really feel it was well worth the threat.
“He was scuffling with the entrance and I used to be scuffling with the rear,” he added.
“So I used to be making up for it just a little bit with my lap time.
“I attempted one lap at nook 11, that was the nook the place he was sooner than me, however I could not get shut sufficient and it was troublesome.”
“I might need taken an excessive amount of of a threat to overhaul him. It wasn’t a good suggestion to trigger a crash.
“So I do know from the previous and I’ve discovered that ending the race is at all times a good suggestion. And I’ve tried all the things in different conditions as effectively, however I’ve by no means gotten that near overtaking.”
