Francesco Bagnaia says tyre pressure limits are causing some MotoGP races to be less exciting.
The reigning MotoGP champion claimed a superb double victory at the Red Bull Ring last weekend, and despite early challenges from Brad Binder in both races, the Ducati star led every lap from each race.
"But if you’re already two or three laps behind then you start to struggle a lot and you have to close a bit to be back again. "I think Ducati and KTM are bikes with better braking and stopping. Maybe it’s for that reason that the gaps were like this."
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