Riders
Francesco Bagnaia
- Team Ducati Lenovo Team
- Bike Ducati
- Date of birth 14/01/1997
- Place of birth Torino
- Height 176 cm
- Weight 64 kg
Fastest? Yes; last season, Bagnaia won 11 Grands Prix (and seven Sprints) to set new personal benchmarks, yet a series of wasteful crashes saw him cede the world champion’s number 1 plate to Jorge Martin. It was both crushing and unprecedented; the Italian became the only rider in the MotoGP™ era (2002-on) to win 10-plus races and not win the championship.
What’s next? With Martin at Aprilia, the road to a third MotoGP™ title will look different; it’s also a road that could be blocked by Marc Marquez, and inside Bagnaia’s own Ducati factory team he’s shaped around him. It’s a partnership where neither rider individually has anything to prove, but one with significant legacy outcomes for whoever emerges triumphant.
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