“Today I don’t want to talk about the race, I definitely want to be first or last today, nothing will change.” Pecco Bagnaia is visibly brought to justice after the news of Jason Dupasquier’s death and actually didn’t even want to start at the Mugello Grand Prix.
“For me it is difficult, almost impossible, to deal with such a situation – he confessed – What I can’t accept is that we did races, I think we shouldn’t have done it. “
The Ducati rider had made it clear to his team …
“After the news I told my team, Davide (Tardozzi, ed.), That I prefer not to race today. “ said Bagnaia. “But that is our job and we have to do it. Back in 2016, when we lost Luis (Salom, ed.), I was in the same situation. We observed a minute’s silence and I was in the same situation. Today it was very difficult to observe the minute’s silence so as not to let the tears flow. “
As hard as he tried, Pecco couldn’t forget what had happened.
“I was about to focus, but then a minute of silence and… nothing. It was impossible to concentrate “- he explained – It’s maybe one of the worst days of my life, I didn’t enjoy anything today, so for me … I asked not to drive today because it wasn’t right for me. If the same thing happened to a MotoGP rider, we wouldn’t have ridden. I’m not happy with the decision someone made to let us drive after news like this.
How his race turned out doesn’t matter to Bagnaia …
“It doesn’t matter if I crashed,” he said. “I just think of Jason, his family. We lost a 19 year old driver. It’s very hard to accept and it’s very hard to accept someone’s decision to let us race today. “
The Italian also knows that in these cases it’s not just black or white …
“There are two ways of thinking: those who, like me, believe that out of respect we should quit, and those who say the opposite – he explained – in my opinion there is little point in racing, we are human, everyone is in his made his own way. I know that maybe I’m too sensitive and in the end no one knows what’s best. I started the race, but I wasn’t focused at all. “
But nobody asked the riders for their opinion, in fact the Moto2 riders started their race without knowing what had happened.
“Of course it would have been better to talk to us, but maybe I would have been the only one who would have said not to drive – he admitted – I’m sorry because I think some things are being taken too lightly, it’s not nice and not very respectful. “