The world champion was taken out of final weekend’s French Grand Prix after an early collision with Maverick Vinales whereas the pair battled for third place, whereas moments later on the Dunlop chicane there was a scary crash involving Luca Marini and Alex Marquez.
Solely 13 riders made it to the chequered flag at Le Mans, with Bagnaia requested what might be finished to scale back the variety of first-lap crashes seen to this point in 2023.
Bagnaia stated: “From my perspective, we’ve been attempting to win on the primary few laps for 2 years now.
“And a rider who’s behind, who does not have the potential to journey on the entrance, tries to overhaul six riders without delay. And that is not the way it works.
“All of us push to the restrict and, if I brake on the restrict, on the lookout for one thing else is a mistake, and much more so within the first a part of the races. A lot of the crashes occur in the beginning as a result of there may be an excessive amount of turmoil.
“With the state of affairs that we’ve at present, all of the bikes are able to profitable. It’s mandatory to consider it as a result of it isn’t a secure state of affairs.
“From the primary to the final bike, they’ll all win. There are now not these six or seven-tenths that there was between the works bikes and the satellite tv for pc bikes.
“The ‘Unbelievable 4’ [Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo] emerged as a result of they had been the very best, and since that they had works bikes.
“The others had been fairly far behind as a result of they did not have the potential to journey on the entrance, not on the technical degree both.
“Now, the extent is excessive, every little thing is pushed to the restrict. It might be essential to recuperate a little bit of that distinction between manufacturing unit and buyer bikes, or to discover a resolution to keep away from sure conditions.”
Herve Poncharal, IRTA President
Photograph by: Dorna
The clip of those feedback was posted onto MotoGP’s official web site, as was the response from Tech3 crew boss and president of the groups’ affiliation Herve Poncharal, who described Bagnaia’s phrases as “huge bullshit” contemplating the Italian started his premier class profession with a satellite tv for pc squad in Pramac Racing.
In an unique interview with Motorsport.com, Bagnaia moved to make clear the state of affairs.
“What has been printed is out of context as a result of interpretation made by some individuals,” Bagnaia started.
“I used to be requested about security and the explanations for the rise in accidents and I merely tried to make an analogy and stated that this did not occur earlier than.
“I feel that years in the past there was much less contact as a result of there was an enormous distinction between the highest riders and the others.
“Now every little thing is far tighter. I received to MotoGP with a satellite tv for pc crew. How am I going to counsel creating a niche between the works bikes and the satellite tv for pc ones?
“The rise within the variety of crashes is because of how shut the world championship is. We’re all getting nearer and nearer and all of us brake on the restrict.
“Even once you begin on the again and you recognize you do not have the tempo to be on the entrance, you attempt to acquire as many locations as doable initially to take advantage of the brand new tyres.
“That is why there are such a lot of accidents within the first a part of the races.”
Bagnaia added that this example is a part of what he feels is a rising “dynamic” of controversy being intentionally stoked.
“After Le Mans, I disconnected for 3 days, and not using a cellphone, and once I reconnected I noticed the controversy that had been generated with Poncharal, magnified by the championship’s official web site,” he stated.
“The snowball has been getting greater and greater when, at no time, I made any remark to create controversy. Quite the opposite, I’m conscious that it is a very critical situation resembling security.
“Sadly, we’re getting into a dynamic through which some individuals choose to search for controversy moderately than discuss who wins or the attractive battles that happen on observe.
“Recently there was an excessive amount of discuss issues that aren’t of my competence.
“I’m a rider, I’m in love with this sport and my solely purpose is to win races and work with my crew. Any more I’ll solely discuss concerning the sport, which is what I do know greatest, and I’ll depart the remaining to others.
“I am bored with having to justify each phrase that’s taken out of context as a pretext to open an argument.”
