Bagnaia misplaced the world championship lead for the primary time because the Spanish GP in April after struggling to eighth in Saturday’s sprint at Mandalika as title rival Jorge Martin won.
It capped off a usually tough day for Bagnaia, who did not get out of Q1 and certified thirteenth, battling rear grip points on the Michelin gentle rubber.
Bagnaia ran line astern with team-mate Bastianini for a lot of the dash however was unable to make an overtake stick.
This led to questions on why Ducati didn’t make use of crew orders to maneuver Bagnaia as much as seventh and restrict Martin’s factors result in six as an alternative of seven.
“I didn’t have crew orders final 12 months, so we don’t have it this 12 months,” Bagnaia began.
“Final 12 months was the identical bike, I used to be combating for the championship. We are going to by no means have this sort of crew orders.
“It’s regular, we’re eight riders with the identical risk to struggle for prime positions. That is the technique from Ducati and from the beginning I accepted it.
“At this time, the one approach doable to get by way of on Enea was to push him out. I didn’t wish to. It’s not the best way I prefer to race.”
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Workforce
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Requested if Bastianini ought to have helped Bagnaia progress into Q2, he added: “Why block a rider getting back from an damage after a very long time and say to him ‘don’t enhance your lap time as a result of it’s important to let Pecco by way of’.
“It’s possibly obscure for you, however from my perspective, within the race it’s one other story however in qualifying it’s regular that it’s like this.”
Workforce orders at Ducati have been a subject of dialogue final 12 months as Bastianini, on the Gresini-run bike, and Bagnaia repeatedly locked horns in races regardless of the latter’s bid for the title.
Martin’s step as much as the lead of the championship marks the primary time in his MotoGP profession that he has performed so, however the Pramac Ducati rider says his mentality won’t change due to this.
“It feels good, it feels superb and it’s like a dream,” he mentioned.
“It’s why we’re right here. However the mentality would be the similar. I have to assault; I have to benefit from the second.
“Something that comes is nice. The strain is on Pecco, I really feel, as a result of he must win. So, I’ll hold the identical mentality.”