Ducati team-mates Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia crossed the road simply 2.666s aside in Sunday’s Dutch MotoGP Grand Prix, however their post-race moods couldn’t have been extra totally different.
Whereas Marquez was jubilant after sealing his third consecutive Dash/Grand Prix double – and first victory on the Dutch TT since 2018 – Bagnaia was downbeat after slipping from first to 3rd.
The newest MotoGP Unseen video captures their uncooked feelings in parc fermé, with Marquez visibly pumped as he rejoined his crew.
“I used to be managing, and once I felt snug, I pulled half-a-second forward. I went full throttle… Assen, man! We’ve gained in Assen!” beamed Marquez. “My arm [injured on Friday] is stiff however simply from the irritation.”
Bagnaia came to visit to shake Marquez’s hand and supply congratulations earlier than returning to his crew, the place Ducati Corse common supervisor Gigi Dall’Igna did his finest to elevate the double champion’s spirits.
“You ought to be pleased, f**ok! You had an awesome race,” Dall’Igna insisted. “Put a smile on that face! I need to see a smile on that face! You probably did an awesome race, you bought the quickest lap.”
Bagnaia, nonetheless, wasn’t satisfied: “For me, an awesome race means battling, not being caught there.”
Dall’Igna remained agency: “Nicely, I noticed it, you had an awesome race.”
As Bagnaia started debriefing along with his crew, he requested what had occurred to Alex Marquez earlier than describing his ongoing struggles with the entrance finish of the GP25.
“In the beginning, I used to be doing nice. Then… within the third sector, I used to be struggling like loopy, and everybody overtook me on the final nook. I don’t know what occurred there.”
Crew chief Cristian Gabarrini tried to reassure him: “You weren’t dropping something with Marc, had been you?”
“No, as a result of he was going sooner at Flip 10, however I used to be sooner at Flip 12. [So] we had been just about on the similar degree,” replied Bagnaia.
Later, Bagnaia mentioned the race with fellow VR46 Academy rider Marco Bezzecchi, who break up the Ducatis by ending second for Aprilia.
“Marquez was braking tremendous sturdy. However then at Flip 1 and the final nook, [I] wrestle loads when [I’m] behind somebody,” Bagnaia famous.
Bezzecchi replied: “I overtook you as a result of I managed to take the lunge and I went for it.”
“F**ok, I used to be truly braking onerous there,” mentioned Bagnaia. “Marc was sturdy in Sector 1. In Sector 2, I used to be very sturdy. And in Sector 3 I used to be just about on the similar degree as Marc.”
As Bagnaia returned to a heat spherical of applause within the Ducati pit field, one among his mechanics requested why he didn’t appear within the temper to have fun.
Shortly after, a beaming Marquez skips down pit lane clutching his winner’s trophy, prepared to hitch the celebration.
