Bagnaia Doesn't Care About Any Pressure Ahead Of The Race At MotoGP Malaysia 2023

Ducati Lenovo's racer Francesco Bagnaia is still on the path to winning the title this season. (photo: Instagram)

JAKARTA - Ducati Lenovo racer Francesco Bagnaia is still on the path to winning the title this season. The situation clearly brings great pressure to the rider, but he doesn't want to bother.

In a free practice that took place on Friday afternoon, November 10, Bagnaia was able to completely eat the circuit round in eighth place. This does not affect the rider who will continue to appear in the main MotoGP Malaysia 2023 race on Sunday, November 12.

"I'm quite happy with the pressure like this, because we are fighting for the world title. If you don't feel the pressure, it means you don't really care about what we do," Bagnaia said as quoted by Speedweek.

"Tekanan adalah hal yang biasa. Menurut saya, itu juga bisa menjadi motivasi untuk terus berkembang dan kembali meraih gelar dunia jadi nikmati saja, lanjut pembalap yang akrab disapa Pecco itu.

Regarding the increasing pressure of competition, this cannot be separated from the MotoGP agenda this season, which only leaves 3 more series of races left. In that narrow remaining time, Bagnaia is still fighting for the world title with Jorge Martin from Prima Pramac who is 13 points apart.

The two will continue their competition for the Sepang Circuit, Malaysia, which is the 18th MotoGP series this season. Bagnaia continues to carry out the mission of winning MotoGP for 2 consecutive years and Martin also wants to pursue his first title.

Last year, I felt heavy pressure here (Malaysia) all weekend and in the end won the race," Pecco said.

Everyone and racers react differently to pressure. It can have an impact, but it's always a motivation. I don't know how to do it with Martin," he concluded.