Francesco Bagnaia said a small issue caused him to progressively lose front end confidence during the French Grand Prix, with the problem worsening lap by lap until he could no longer turn in as he wanted at Turn 3 on lap 16. He confirmed the issue was the same as his Jerez crash, adding that knowing precisely why he crashed actually helps Ducati enormously heading into the Catalan Grand Prix. Bagnaia remains confident a podium was achievable before the problem struck.
