After failing to score in Qatar where he retired from the race due to a damaged front wing Bagnaia took his first two points in the MotoGP World Championship with a 14th place in Argentina, having started the race from 17th on the grid. Bagnaia finished 9th in Austin getting positions after both Marc Marquez and Cal Crutchlow crashed out from the race in separate accidents. Both Maverick Vinales and Joan Mir jumped the start and was subsequently penalized with ride through penalties. Prior to the fourth race at Jerez Bagnaia had three straight podium finishes, starting from 2016. He qualified 10th on the grid however he crashed out on the sixth lap, fighting with Pol Espargaro. At Le Mans where Bagnaia won the race in Moto2 in 2018 he crashed out on the sixth lap after an incident with Maverick Vinales. In the next race at Mugello, his home Grand Prix Bagnaia had a solid start to the weekend. He topped the second Free Practice time sheets on his way to qualify 8th on the grid. However he crashed in the last corner on the 11th lap in seventh place. It was the first time in Bagnaia's career that he had failed to finish three races in a row, all of them with crashes. In Austria Bagnaia had his best race weekend since his time in Moto2, both in terms of his qualifying and race. He managed to advance to Q2 alongside Cal Crutchlow where he subsequently qualified 5th on the grid. He later finished the race in 7th place. At Phillip Island Bagnaia finished the race in 4th place, missing the podium with just 0.055 seconds behind his teammate Jack Miller.