The championship chief had his right leg run over by KTM’s Brad Binder in a horrible accident in final week’s Catalan GP.
Although he was cleared to experience, Bagnaia struggled with the ache in his leg in Saturday’s 13-lap sprint race and solely narrowly fended off the KTM duo of wildcard Dani Pedrosa and Brad Binder for third.
Bagnaia says his defence of Pedrosa into Flip 1 on the final lap was one of many hardest braking strikes he has ever made as a result of it was “too necessary” to get onto the rostrum after what occurred final week.
“He [Pedrosa] was pushing quite a bit, I used to be listening to him,” stated Bagnaia, whose factors lead has been lower from 50 to 45.Â
“The braking I did within the first nook on the final lap was one of many hardest for certain, as a result of he was already in entrance of me and it was too necessary to restart with a podium from [what happened in] Barcelona. Way more than this was very troublesome.”
Increasing on how he felt bodily in that race, Bagnaia stated: “Fairly dangerous, proper now. Drained, actually drained. I would like some relaxation for certain.
“However we had been anticipating it, I used to be anticipating it and the mushy rear tyre was not a simple resolution for the race as a result of it made the bike extra nervous, it was shaking extra, and it was troublesome to have a rhythm.
“In any case, I am proud of the end result contemplating the place we had been six days in the past. I am so happy and proud for the end result we achieved.”
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Workforce
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Bagnaia says he wants a stronger painkiller for Sunday’s full-distance grand prix to have the ability to focus extra on driving and never the place to position the foot on his injured leg.
“For tomorrow, for certain, the primary factor might be to extend the painkiller simply to have a clearer thought on simply driving and never pondering on the place to place my foot,” he added.
“In the present day within the first two, three laps I used to be struggling on leaning the knee as a result of I used to be not warmed [up].
“However then the tempo was fairly good. I used to be scuffling with the entrance as a result of it was troublesome to cease the bike, however I used to be anticipating it.
“For tomorrow will probably be higher as a result of we go along with the medium. Proper now I’ll re-watch the race to know what [race winner Jorge] Martin is doing within the final sector, for certain.”
Fellow VR46 Academy rider Marco Bezzecchi completed second within the Misano dash additionally carrying harm, having harm his left hand within the Flip 1 pile-up instigated by Enea Bastianini in Barcelona.
Bezzecchi chased eventual dash winner Martin onerous within the early phases, however admits the ache in his hand finally conditioned his tempo within the second half of the race.
“Now, not excellent, however blissful,” he stated. “Firstly to be sincere I felt unbelievable.
Marco Bezzecchi, VR46 Racing Workforce
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“I do not know if it was the adrenaline of the beginning, the painkiller additionally helped. However to start with I used to be catching Jorge.
“Then as soon as I received near him I began to have a little bit of ache, particularly in change of route. So, in sector one I made some errors and lap by lap I used to be dropping a bit.
“Some laps I used to be capable of battle, however in another laps I used to be making some errors, lacking a little bit of energy to maneuver the handlebar from left to proper.
“Perhaps from the second half, however I actually suffered within the final three laps. A number of ache.”
Extra reporting by Lorenza Dadderio