Francesco Bagnaia “will attempt to battle” however cannot “think about profitable” MotoGP’s Italian GP

Francesco Bagnaia has labelled the Italian Grand Prix weekend as make or break for his MotoGP marketing campaign in 2025.

The 2-time MotoGP world champion outlined that if he does not have the tempo across the Mugello circuit this weekend, then he and Ducati clearly have a deeper subject than he and the crew thought.

Aragon seemed very bleak for Bagnaia all weekend with solely a late enhance in brake disc dimension on Sunday enhancing his confidence on the manufacturing unit Ducati machine.

That put him on the tempo in the principle race the place he managed to complete third, however Bagnaia outlined how vital it’s to maintain that momentum going into this weekend.

“Will probably be essential to be aggressive as a result of if I can’t be aggressive right here we are able to say there’s an issue,” stated Bagnaia. “So I’ll attempt to battle.

“I do know that I am not in a scenario the place I can think about profitable each races as a result of we all know how robust Marc [Marquez] is that this season, and we all know how robust Alex [Marquez] is that this season.

“Will probably be vital to restart from Sunday in Aragon and attempt to implement our tempo session by session.”

Bagnaia additionally mentioned how a lot he’s wanting ahead to racing in entrance of his residence crowd as he goals to hold ahead his Aragon velocity.

“It is nice to be right here on this second of the season,” stated Bagnaia.

“In Aragon, it is true that within the race on Sunday, I used to be aggressive however my feeling is that it isn’t relying on what we did in Aragon so let’s if I can have a superb feeling and a superb setup from the beginning of the weekend.

“I understand how vital it’s to get a superb outcome right here and we’ll strive our most. I am actually wanting ahead to beginning this race weekend, I like racing right here, to go searching and see all of the followers and all the group. It is magic, like all the time the Mugello GP.

“I am going to attempt to do my most, to maintain the tempo of Marc who is often the strongest one so I’ll attempt to no less than battle for the win.”