{"id":713417,"date":"2026-06-03T21:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/713417\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:51:14","slug":"pecco-bagnaia-reveals-ducati-change-after-mugello-motogp-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/713417\/","title":{"rendered":"Pecco Bagnaia reveals Ducati change after Mugello MotoGP podium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pecco Bagnaia has revealed the Ducati set-up change that helped secure his first on-track MotoGP podium of the season at Mugello.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian led Sunday&#8217;s grand prix for ten laps before being overtaken by Aprilia duo Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin, then narrowly held off a late challenge from Ai Ogura to finish third.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By shifting our weight forward, we\u2019ve improved&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the latest Inside Ducati YouTube video, the double<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> MotoGP<\/a> champion is filmed speaking with crew chief Cristian Gabarrini in parc ferme after the race.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the front had improved, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911999\/francesco-bagnaia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bagnaia <\/a>replied: \u201cWe\u2019ve taken a step forward\u2026 By shifting our weight forward, we\u2019ve improved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the revised balance appeared to improve front-end confidence, Bagnaia struggled with rear grip during the closing stages of the race.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Show Video Content<\/p>\n<p>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the race afterwards with team-mate Marc Marquez, Bagnaia asked if he had also struggled with the rear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave up with 10 laps to go\u2026 Yes, the rear dropped, but it was more me than the tyre,\u201d said Marquez, who was making his comeback from shoulder surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw you were struggling [with the rear],\u201d added the reigning champion to Bagnaia.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1320228_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Ai Ogura, Pecco Bagnaia, 2026 Italian MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Ai Ogura, Pecco Bagnaia, 2026 Italian MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>The pair then joked about Ogura&#8217;s late-race pace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOgura overtook me; he was four seconds behind!\u201d said Bagnaia.<\/p>\n<p>Marquez responded: \u201cOgura overtook me like a plane [going past]!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did a 46.6s at the end,\u201d added Bagnaia.<\/p>\n<p>Ogura was one second faster than Bagnaia on that penultimate lap, then dived under the Italian at the final corner next time around.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>However, Bagnaia held his nerve and re-passed the Japanese rider.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pecco Bagnaia has revealed the Ducati set-up change that helped secure his first on-track MotoGP podium of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,8456,7607,4280,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-713417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ducati-lenovo-team","tag-francesco-bagnaia","tag-marc-marquez","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713417","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=713417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}