{"id":75517,"date":"2025-08-17T17:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T17:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/75517\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T17:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T17:21:08","slug":"im-running-out-of-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/75517\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m running out of patience\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Struggling Ducati factory MotoGP rider Francesco Bagnaia<\/a> has taken a harsher tone with Ducati for the first time this season following a poor run to eighth place in the Austrian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

\u2018Pecco\u2019 started third and ran the first half of the race in that position until he began to fade dramatically. More than the speed deficit, however, he appeared incapable of defensive riding on a circuit difficult for overtaking.<\/p>\n

Bagnaia ran off the circuit more than once when challengers came near his GP25, the same bike on which Marc Marquez won the race<\/a> and is dominating the world championship.<\/p>\n

\"Bagnaia <\/p>\n

Bagnaia under attack from Pedro Acosta and Fermin Aldeguer<\/p>\n

Photo by: Gold and Goose Photography \/ LAT Images \/ via Getty Images<\/p>\n

But the Turin native was resolute in his stance, reminding his employers in no uncertain terms that he could not be the problem. Part of that reminder was that he had won the last three editions of this race.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat has been happening all year has happened again,\u201d the double world champion told DAZN. \u201cI fight and give it my all. But this time, giving it my all, I finished eighth. The winner did it in the same time it took me to win last year. So I have the potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know why things aren\u2019t working out for me. [Third-place finisher] Marco Bezzecchi<\/a> and Marc Marquez<\/a> did everything better than me. That I finished 12 seconds behind on a circuit where I always made a difference is something I don\u2019t understand, and will never understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Compared to his request for an explanation for his tyre issues on Saturday, which was directed at Michelin, Bagnaia was much clearer and more serious in asking for answers from Ducati on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always focused, I\u2019ve never lost my head,\u201d he said. \u201cBut today I couldn\u2019t accelerate; everyone was overtaking me coming out of the corners. I hope Ducati explains it to me, because I\u2019m running out of patience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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