Pecco Bagnaia<\/a>\u2019s weekend was complicated by a fuelling error in qualifying leaving him 16th on the grid, though he felt he could have challenged for a top six result on Sunday.<\/p>\nZarco was given a long lap penalty for the collision, which Bagnaia feels was the correct punishment.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, the race just lasted 25 seconds,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI was quite ready. I overtook six riders, so it was a good start.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust Zarco missed the braking point, and it was a racing incident. I think it was a racing incident, something that can happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe penalty they gave to him was the correct one, and fair.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis track is not easy. The first laps here are tough, difficult, with our bikes.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was just a bit too optimistic. But I could have done the same in corner two when I overtook three riders, and nothing happened.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe tried to do the same, and he missed the braking, but nothing too strange.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bagnaia\u2019s exit from the Valencia Grand Prix, as well as his qualifying issue, comes just a few weeks after a puncture robbed him of a podium in Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Having started the campaign as a title contender, Bagnaia ends it in fifth in the standings.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn any case, one of the hardest, and maybe the worst seasons I\u2019ve had – mostly the last part,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, not much more to say about it. I think I said enough during the season, and now I\u2019m just looking forward to riding the bike in the test, hoping that we will find the solution.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m a dreamer, so I still believe it will be possible, and see if we can start with a good base for the test in February.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNegativity is never the key\u201d, as Bagnaia reflects on tough 2025<\/p>\n
Asked for his thoughts after the crash, and the season he has had, Bagnaia doesn\u2019t want to reflect on the season with much negativity as he feels doing so lately has \u201cattracted negative things\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cClearly, after this season, I just would have liked to have enjoyed it, to have had fun during the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor three corners I had fun, and I think the possibility of a good race was there to finish in the top seven, top six.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat would have been a fantastic result, and I think it was possible, considering the feeling on the medium and the big fuel tank.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSo, a good race was possible. Honestly, again today, crashing or having an issue yesterday, and having an issue on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I think negativity is never the key, and when you start to think negative things, you attract negative things.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s what happened to us. I think everyone was tired, and the season was quite tough for everybody, long, and if you\u2019re enjoying the season, even if it\u2019s long, you arrive to the last part in an easy way.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn our situation, that we were reaching the top three in the championship and aiming to fight for one or two in the championship, and then what happened, happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso the team started to be tired like me, and it\u2019s difficult to work in that situation.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI made many mistakes, like yesterday in qualifying, to not be fast in the first attempt. And the team also did one. But it\u2019s part of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q. Difficult 2020 end. Similar approach for this winter?<\/p>\n
PB: \u201cI hope. I think the 2020 season ended in a disaster way, but for the incident with the leg. In the last part of the season I was completely destroyed by the crash in Brno and the operation.<\/p>\n
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