{"id":803,"date":"2025-11-10T02:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T02:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=803"},"modified":"2025-11-10T02:29:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T02:29:32","slug":"its-something-that-can-happen-bagnaia-on-portuguese-gp-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/its-something-that-can-happen-bagnaia-on-portuguese-gp-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s something that can happen &#8211; Bagnaia on Portuguese GP crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Francesco Bagnaia had another race to forget as he crashed out of the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducati Lenovo Team rider was running in fourth place when he lost control and went down on lap 11, marking his fourth consecutive DNF since the Indonesian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>The result dealt a heavy blow to his hopes of finishing third in the MotoGP riders\u2019 standings, as Marco Bezzecchi capitalised with a commanding victory in Portimao to open up a 35-point lead heading into the final round in Valencia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQ1mOi3CZwQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by SPOTV SEA (@spotvsea)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the incident, \u2018Pecco\u2019 was disappointed with the result but not with his effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was pushing hard to secure the fourth position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a bit too soon to be comfortable, so I was pushing hard, trying to catch Pedro [Acosta for a podium finish].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew it was tough because [he was] much faster than me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I was just trying to do the maximum, and I just crashed because I was pushing. It\u2019s something that can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setback, the two-time world champion chose to stay positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a better weekend [than in Phillip Island or Indonesia]. The result, more or less, is the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just need to be focused for the last race. And I really want to do a very good weekend there, having a good result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the Valencia Grand Prix (Nov 14-16) on SPOTV NOW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francesco Bagnaia had another race to forget as he crashed out of the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday. The Ducati Lenovo Team rider was running in fourth place when he lost control and went down on lap 11, marking his fourth consecutive DNF since the Indonesian Grand Prix. The result dealt a heavy blow to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/its-something-that-can-happen-bagnaia-on-portuguese-gp-crash\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It\u2019s something that can happen &#8211; Bagnaia on Portuguese GP crash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[295,94,171],"class_list":["post-803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-francesco-bagnaia","tag-motogp","tag-motorsports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":805,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions\/805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}