The Ducati Lenovo Team wraps up the Australian Sprint with Francesco Bagnaia nineteenth and Michele Pirro twentieth

The Ducati Lenovo Team completed the nineteenth Sprint of the season at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Australia. Francesco Bagnaia, starting from eleventh position on the grid, lost ground in the early stages of the race and eventually crossed the finish line in nineteenth place. Michele Pirro, who is standing in for the injured Marc Márquez, finished twentieth after qualifying in twenty-second position.

The Ducati Lenovo Team will be back in action tomorrow morning at 10:40 local time (GMT +11) for the warm-up, followed by the Grand Prix of Australia, which will be contested over 27 laps from 15:00.

Francesco Bagnaia (#63 Ducati Lenovo Team) – 19th
“We’re analysing the data to understand what happened. I tried to push, but I was really on the limit, and it was a strange feeling, very similar to the one I had in Indonesia. We’re working hard, but we haven’t been able to find a solution so far. I was feeling quite good yesterday, but from qualifying onwards the feeling changed. I struggled in the Sprint and couldn’t match the pace shown in previous sessions. Now we’ll keep working for the race.”

Michele Pirro (#51 Ducati Lenovo Team) – 20th
“It wasn’t the best race, but generally speaking this is a very different track to those I normally test on, and I haven’t been racing here for quite a while. It was important to gather as much information as possible for the future, especially on a circuit that isn’t a stop-and-go one, with different grip levels and a quite bumpy surface. We’ll continue working in the same direction tomorrow, trying to make some steps forward.”