The Ducati rider gained final weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, however with Fabio Quartararo ending third it was not sufficient to wrap up the title.
Consequently, Bagnaia heads to subsequent week’s Valencia GP in want of simply two factors to win the championship in what can be simply the fifth closing spherical title-decider within the fashionable MotoGP period.
With Quartararo’s solely attainable means of defending his title being to win in Valencia, Bagnaia doesn’t have to take any undue dangers to make sure Ducati’s first MotoGP riders’ championship since 2007.
However Bagnaia says he is not going to alter his strategy to Valencia as using too cautiously is extra prone to result in issues.
“For positive will probably be, when it comes to the championship, a bit higher,” Bagnaia stated of the Valencia race.
“However usually when you’re too cautious you may be in hassle, since you are within the group, it’s harder to do issues, the entrance tyre goes [through] stress [changes].
“So, I’ll attempt to do like at all times, not like this [weekend] as a result of I crashed an excessive amount of.
Enea Bastianini, Gresini Racing and Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Group
Picture by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
“However [I need to] be good, perceive every part, after which within the race if I’ve the likelihood to win I’ll attempt to win.
“I’ll await Friday in Valencia, hoping for dry classes, after which I’ll see what is going to occur.”
Bagnaia endured a troublesome Malaysian weekend previous to his victory, as he crashed twice on Saturday and ended up ninth on the grid.
However the Italian says he desires to take to Valencia the data that he gained the Malaysian GP “with out forcing” his bike.
“Now I can chill out,” he added.
“The weekend [in Malaysia] was fairly robust for the errors I did [on Saturday].
“So, for Valencia I wish to perceive that we may be sturdy sufficient with out forcing like we did [on Saturday].
“And in the present day was the demonstration that our tempo was ok with out doing loopy issues.”
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