{"id":551700,"date":"2026-03-20T00:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/551700\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:51:08","slug":"pecco-bagnaia-wary-of-pretty-critical-brazil-motogp-track-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/551700\/","title":{"rendered":"Pecco Bagnaia wary of \u201cpretty critical\u201d Brazil MotoGP track flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ducati\u2019s Pecco Bagnaia says he hopes \u201cit doesn\u2019t rain anymore\u201d during the MotoGP Brazilian Grand Prix following extreme flooding at the track this week.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rainfall in Goiania left parts of the Ayrton Senna circuit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1091578\/1\/brazil-motogp-track-flooded-days-race-weekend\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">submerged under water earlier this week.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though the track proved quick to drain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1091593\/1\/pictures-clean-operation-ahead-2026-brazilian-motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the flooding prompted an intensive clean-up operation<\/a> after dirt was left caked on the asphalt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911999\/francesco-bagnaia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pecco Bagnaia<\/a> is keen to explore the returning Ayrton Senna circuit, which was last used in 1989 by MotoGP, but has been left concerned by the potential impact any heavy rain could have during the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe track looks really nice,\u201d he told Sky Italy.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe layout is technical, fast, and tight: I like it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of corners to link: some fast corners, some corners that go way back, so overall it&#8217;s nice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet&#8217;s hope it doesn&#8217;t rain anymore, because if it does, the conditions would be a bit difficult, especially before the last two corners, because it tends to flood, and on Tuesday, there was a pretty critical situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came here to the circuit, and it was tough. But in any case, we&#8217;re ready for anything, and the track is indeed nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bagnaia was full of praise for the state of the asphalt, calling it \u201ca billiard table\u201d with how smooth it is.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it&#8217;ll be very difficult to think about the grip on the track at first,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ll see, the asphalt is definitely like a billiard table, it&#8217;s perfect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a little dirty, but I think the grip will be quite good. The important thing will be to be able to do a lot of laps to understand what to do on the bike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ducati has worked hard to understand Thailand tyre issue<\/p>\n<p>Ducati\u2019s chances of success in Brazil remain something of a mystery, as Michelin will continue with the stiffer rear tyre carcass it raced in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>That tyre caused problems for Bagnaia all weekend at Buriram, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1091587\/1\/why-brazilian-motogp-tyre-allocation-may-not-impact-ducati-badly-feared\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will be the construction of one of the three rear options available in Goiania.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>The other two have the carcass used at the Red Bull Ring, which has been a happy hunting ground for Ducati in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDucati worked hard to understand what happened with the rear tyre wear,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis track is new to everyone, the asphalt looks fantastic, and maybe we won\u2019t have that problem again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ducati\u2019s Pecco Bagnaia says he hopes \u201cit doesn\u2019t rain anymore\u201d during the MotoGP Brazilian Grand Prix following extreme&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8456,7607,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-551700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-ducati-lenovo-team","tag-francesco-bagnaia","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}