The reigning world champion ran third for the primary 14 excursions of the 25-lap rain-hit grand prix at Rio Hondo, earlier than passing Alex Marquez for second on lap 15.
Bagnaia regarded comfy in second and nailed on for a podium earlier than he slid off his manufacturing facility Ducati on the penultimate nook on lap 17.
He re-joined the grand prix and took the chequered flag down in sixteenth, and has been dethroned from the lead of the championship by race winner Marco Bezzecchi.
Bagnaia says he doesn’t perceive why he crashed as he did nothing completely different at Flip 13 in comparison with earlier laps and is “indignant” as a result of he hoped that he’d eradicated these errors from 2022.
“I crashed. I’m very upset, sincerely,” Bagnaia started. “That is the form of crash that I don’t perceive. Generally you crash and also you don’t know why, and it’s probably the most troublesome to study from.
“I did 16 laps, in 16 laps I did the identical manoeuvre [at that corner], however on this lap [17] I crashed and it’s additionally not a standard crash, as a result of usually whenever you crash you lose the entrance otherwise you launch the brakes too early.
“As we speak I misplaced the entrance touching the fuel, so it’s one thing extra obscure. However that’s it, I did a mistake. I used to be questioning if this 12 months I used to be a greater rider, extra exact, with out errors, doing higher issues.
“And within the second race of the 12 months I crashed. So, it’s one thing that makes me very indignant.”
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Group
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Bagnaia added: “I used to be feeling nice. With out forcing, with out doing loopy issues I used to be second.
“I used to be already positive that Marco in entrance was too quick for me, was already with 5 seconds of hole. I used to be already there, simply controlling the rear with Alex and that’s it.
“So, it’s for that cause why I’m upset. Usually when you find yourself in management you don’t crash like this. So, that is one thing I would like to know.”
Quite a lot of riders stated after the race they suffered with tyre put on, however Bagnaia says there was no main drop in grip for him and doesn’t suppose this had something to do with the crash.
“I didn’t really feel an enormous drop, as a result of I used to be so conservative initially,” he defined. “I used to be seeing that Alex in entrance of me was pushing extra. I used to be so conservative and realizing that after half race I used to be in a position to regain the hole.
“After which I crashed the identical, as a result of the rear grip on my bike was advantageous. I used to be accelerating properly, and likewise the entrance I used to be feeling nice with it.
“I used to be forcing the braking a bit and every thing was beneath management. So, it’s because of this that I don’t perceive.
“We all know that we have been on the restrict as a result of the lap occasions have been very aggressive, and perhaps it was for that cause. However the one factor is for the crash it’s as a result of I made a mistake.”
