Gigi Dall'Igna was able to celebrate Pecco Bagnaia's return to victory in Austin today, but he also saw Marc Marquez fall while leading the race by a wide margin. Emotions that perhaps offset each other, because all in all three Ducatis made it onto the podium anyway thanks to Alex Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio, and there continues to be no concrete rival for the Reds on the horizon.
"It was definitely a very important race for Pecco - the words of Dall'Igna to Sky Sport MotoGP colleagues - what was needed to continue the season with the right confidence. Sorry for Marc because he was having a beautiful race, however, races in MotoGP are like that, anything can happen until the checkered flag. He made a mistake and he paid for it, fair enough.
Pecco needed this race and honestly I am so happy for him that he was able to do it. He already felt great with the bike yesterday, he had some really wonderful first laps, so I think this is an important race for him."
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