Francesco Bagnaia bested Jorge Martin in today’s Tissot Sprint race ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Bagnaia and Martin have traded back and forth blows all season. The two traded leads at the front but Bagnaia was able to hold off a late charge by Martin that saw martin run wide and Bagnaia took advantage. Martin would chase for the remainder of the race. With Bagnaia’s teammate Enea Bastianini finishing in third.
Bagnaia Speaks on the Win
“I did everything to make sure my riding was as close to 100% as possible and luckily I managed to do so,” he said. “Today’s race pace was crazy. Just two weeks ago, to be lapping in the 31.2/3 was already an incredible achievement, while today we were consistently quicker than that. Once again, I didn’t get the best of starts and I found myself also behind Brad (Binder). Once I moved up to second, I found myself with a 0.7secs gap, and it was hard to get the better of Jorge (Martín); without his mistake, it would have been a lot harder to overtake him. I was very quick in that sector, and I would have tried to pass him there anyway. I’m happy because we narrowed the gap down to the lead a bit more, but the most important race awaits us tomorrow and it’ll be key to get a good start and be in the lead from the get-go. I’d like to thank the team for the amazing work done and the fans for being here with us.”
Sprint Race Results