{"id":2411,"date":"2026-09-17T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:52:20","slug":"bagnaia-slams-disrespectful-broadcast-and-clarifies-ducati-comments-out-of-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/bagnaia-slams-disrespectful-broadcast-and-clarifies-ducati-comments-out-of-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagnaia slams &#8220;disrespectful&#8221; broadcast and clarifies Ducati comments: &#8220;Out of context&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pecco Bagnaia described DAZN&#8217;s publication of his conversation with Fabio Di Giannantonio as &#8220;totally disrespectful&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bagnaia said the clip was incomplete and taken out of context after appearing to suggest Ducati would not allow him to make certain changes to the GP26.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The two-time MotoGP champion clarified that Ducati has supported him throughout his difficult 2026 season and explained what he meant by the controversial remark.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pecco Bagnaia has hit back at the publication of his off-air conversation with Fabio Di Giannantonio at Misano, describing DAZN&#8217;s decision to release the footage as &#8220;totally disrespectful&#8221; and insisting his comments about Ducati were taken out of context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The controversy began after the San Marino GP, when Bagnaia and Di Giannantonio were caught discussing the factory Ducati rider&#8217;s continuing problems with the GP26. As <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/bagnaia-reveals-ducati-barrier-in-tv-caught-conversation-with-di-giannantonio\/\">GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/bagnaia-reveals-ducati-barrier-in-tv-caught-conversation-with-di-giannantonio\/\">reported after the footage emerged<\/a>, Di Giannantonio suggested trying a more basic configuration similar to his own, prompting Bagnaia to respond that Ducati &#8220;won&#8217;t let me do it&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exchange quickly raised questions over whether Ducati was restricting the changes available to Bagnaia as he searches for a solution to his difficult season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arriving at the Red Bull Ring for this weekend&#8217;s Austrian GP, Bagnaia addressed the footage and rejected that interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There have been many times where I have been asked if the team is supporting you, and I always said, &#8216;Yes, the team is doing the maximum to help me&#8217;,&#8221; Bagnaia said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What happened in the last race in Misano was a totally disrespectful thing by DAZN, but it&#8217;s what it is. The video that was recorded was out of context.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bagnaia acknowledged that the conversation was not taking place somewhere completely private, but argued that publishing only part of the exchange fundamentally changed how his comments were interpreted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We were speaking about a thing that is not completely secret, because we were speaking there [in a public setting]. But it&#8217;s out of context, because the video is not complete. We were speaking about one more thing,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And surely, the last word I said wasn&#8217;t the correct one, but everybody has a difficult moment, everybody has frustration inside them, and sometimes you say things in the wrong way.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AFP__20260913__C8777EM__v1__HighRes__MotoPrixItaMotogp-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1020315046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AFP__20260913__C8777EM__v1__HighRes__MotoPrixItaMotogp-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AFP__20260913__C8777EM__v1__HighRes__MotoPrixItaMotogp-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AFP__20260913__C8777EM__v1__HighRes__MotoPrixItaMotogp-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AFP__20260913__C8777EM__v1__HighRes__MotoPrixItaMotogp-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AFP__20260913__C8777EM__v1__HighRes__MotoPrixItaMotogp-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AFP__20260913__C8777EM__v1__HighRes__MotoPrixItaMotogp-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pecco Bagnaia says his controversial conversation with Fabio Di Giannantonio was taken out of context (Photo: Ducati)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bagnaia explains what &#8220;they won&#8217;t let me&#8221; really meant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clarification is significant because Bagnaia did not dispute the authenticity of the conversation. Instead, he argued that the missing context changed its meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His explanation was that Ducati was not preventing him from exploring alternatives in general. Rather, the manufacturer did not want him to repeat changes that had already been tested several times without solving his problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What I always said is that Ducati has supported me a lot,&#8221; Bagnaia continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What I was meaning to say was that I removed the things many times already, which Ducati is not allowing me to do any more but because I&#8217;ve already done it many times.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That distinction changes the interpretation of the original conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of Ducati refusing to let Bagnaia explore a potentially useful direction, the rider says the team was preventing him from returning to solutions it had already evaluated and discarded during an increasingly difficult search for performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The frustration itself, however, is unmistakable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bagnaia has endured a severe downturn in 2026 and arrives in Austria after crashing out of the last three Grands Prix. Misano extended that sequence after another weekend in which he struggled to understand the behaviour of the Ducati, particularly the lack of rear grip that has repeatedly limited his confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His San Marino weekend had already unravelled before Sunday&#8217;s crash. Bagnaia failed to progress from Q1 and qualified only 14th as <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/bezzecchi-smashes-misano-lap-record-to-beat-marquez-to-motogp-pole\/\">Marco Bezzecchi broke the Misano lap record to take pole<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ducati relationship under scrutiny amid difficult season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bagnaia&#8217;s comments come at a sensitive point in his relationship with Ducati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Italian remains one of the defining riders of the manufacturer&#8217;s modern MotoGP era, having won the 2022 and 2023 titles and delivered Ducati&#8217;s first riders&#8217; championship since Casey Stoner in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But 2026 has produced a dramatically different competitive picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bagnaia sits only ninth in the championship with 143 points after Misano, while team-mate Marc M\u00e1rquez has surged into the championship lead. <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/marc-marquez-takes-2026-motogp-championship-lead-after-misano-victory\/\">M\u00e1rquez left San Marino level with Jorge Mart\u00edn on 274 points<\/a>, taking first place on the Grand Prix wins tiebreaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That means Bagnaia is already <strong>131 points behind his Ducati team-mate<\/strong> after 14 rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His problems have therefore become one of the central technical questions surrounding Ducati this season: why can M\u00e1rquez extract championship-leading performance from the package while Bagnaia continues searching for the confidence that previously made him a title-winning force?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Misano footage appeared to offer a glimpse into that frustration, particularly because Bagnaia told Di Giannantonio that different front tyre compounds were producing essentially the same feeling and compared braking to riding with the clutch pulled in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Bagnaia is adamant that frustration should not be confused with a breakdown in his relationship with Ducati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Austrian GP now gives him an immediate opportunity to move the conversation back towards the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MotoGP begins running at the Red Bull Ring on Friday, with Bagnaia trying to halt a run of three consecutive Grand Prix retirements. The weekend also begins with <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/austrian-motogp-2026-start-time-schedule-and-how-to-watch-the-red-bull-ring-race\/\">Marc M\u00e1rquez and Jorge Mart\u00edn tied for the championship lead<\/a>, increasing the pressure on Ducati as the title fight enters its final eight rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MotoGP today: FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What time is Austrian MotoGP qualifying in the UK?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Q1 begins at 09:50 UK time on Saturday, September 19, followed by Q2 at 10:15. The Sprint starts at 14:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who qualified directly for Q2 at the Austrian MotoGP?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pedro Acosta, Ferm\u00edn Aldeguer, Ai Ogura, Marc M\u00e1rquez, Jorge Mart\u00edn, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Brad Binder, \u00c1lex M\u00e1rquez, Marco Bezzecchi and Fabio Quartararo advanced directly to Q2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is Francesco Bagnaia competing in Q1 in Austria?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bagnaia finished Friday Practice in 18th place, 0.885s behind Acosta and 0.449s outside the top ten. It will be his fifth consecutive appearance in Q1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pecco Bagnaia has criticised DAZN for publishing his off-air conversation with Fabio Di Giannantonio at Misano, admitting his wording was wrong but insisting Ducati continues to fully support him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020313448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Bagnaia hits back over viral Ducati conversation: \"Totally disrespectful\"","42wp_featured_image_credits":"Ducati","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[534,108,322,32,319],"42wp_author":[59],"class_list":["post-2411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motogp","tag-austrian-gp","tag-ducati","tag-francesco-bagnaia","tag-motogp","tag-pecco-bagnaia","42wp_author-fabricio-carvalho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions\/2412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020313448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}