Francesco Bagnaia has labelled his 2026 MotoGP struggles ‘humiliating and mortifying’ as he admits he can’t see a fast resolution with Ducati.
Bagnaia has had a disappointing two seasons since lacking out on the 2024 world title, however his present marketing campaign reached a brand new low at Aragon.
The Italian gained his first MotoGP race on the Motorland monitor in 2021, however was properly off the tempo all through the weekend as he failed to choose up any factors.
A crash from which Bagnaia admitted he was lucky to not get damage compounded an Eleventh-placed end within the dash, as his difficulties discovering rear grip continued.
“I’m okay, however sadly I misplaced the rear whereas cornering, after which the entrance locked up,” Bagnaia stated through GPOne.
“It was a unique form of crash than the one at Silverstone; I nonetheless don’t have an evidence for that incident.
“Sadly, at present I shifted gears too early, and the second the load got here on, the entrance finish locked up. It nonetheless turned out okay, as a result of if I’d gone all out, I might have gotten damage.”
After a sixth DNF of the season, Bagnaia appears none-the-wiser as to the answer to his issues regardless of how a lot he has tried to work with Ducati.
The 2-time world champion additionally referred to as the interval “one of many lowest factors” of his profession to this point and believes, if something, the scenario is getting worse.
“I give it all the pieces I’ve bought in each scenario, and each time I come again to the storage, I attempt to be as clear as potential with the workforce to discover a resolution—which, sadly, hasn’t materialised but.
“The very fact is, you push onerous, solely to finish up on the bottom, regardless that you’re a second slower.
“All of that is humiliating and mortifying; I feel it’s one of many lowest factors of my profession, since I don’t see a method out and the scenario has truly gotten worse within the final two races.
“I’ve given Ducati all the pieces I might, and it’s onerous to simply accept that that is how issues have turned out, regardless of my dedication and all the info I evaluate daily. With at present’s bike, I can’t trip naturally, after which I crash.”
