Francaco gardenia The “scientific” has revealed the “scientific” cause for its long-held struggles in the sprint race, compared to his huge success in full-day Motogp Grands Prix.
Two-time world champion commented after finishing third in the 2025 season-opening Thailand Sprint competitionWhere he had to close the trackhouse crook A Ogura For 13 laps.
Bagania reported that the mandatory small fuel tank for sprint events changed her “dynamic” of Ducati, causing him to struggle more in braking and corner entry.
So Italian has always found the sprint race hard, although last year he and the final champion George martin Both won seven times on Saturday, in half -distance incidents, Bagania errors gave them the title of 2024.
“A scientific reason why I am struggling in Sprint,” said Bagania. “We were trying to understand this and honestly the only thing that she turned from a long race is the fuel tank – it is smaller than regulation.
“It changes the dynamics of the bike slightly and I am struggling more in the braking and entrance. But we are working on it, we are trying to solve it.
“Today we are doing it in a standard way but next time we will try to do something different.”
Mark Markez, Ducati Team, Francesco Bagania, Ducati Team, Alex Markez, Gracini Racing
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Bagania revealed that he got positive results when he completed the sprint simulation with a large fuel tank.
“I did this and I was sharp and this is something you can’t do for regulation,” he said. “We are trying to do something different, such as set-up and different things on the bike.
“This is a long journey to improve it because already two seasons (and) the problem is more or less the same.”
He also said that the problem with the sprint-spec fuel tank increases when he is directly behind other riders, as reserved in clean air.
“When I am starting the front, this problem is less because without a slipstream, without anyone in front, I can force them to braking, but if someone is in front of me, I can not stop with a second interval of 10 laps or 15 laps with a second interval (stuck) and I can’t close,” Bagania explained.
“This is quite a problem, we are trying to solve it.”
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