Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati): Ein Treffen mit Casey Stoner / MotoGP

Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia, the Moto2 world champion of 2018, continues the tradition of the Italian Ducati factory riders in the MotoGP world championship after Capirossi, Melandri, Iannone, Dovizioso and Petrucci. In the 2021 season, the man from Turin will drive the Desmosedici alongside Australian Jack Miller in the works team. Bagnaia, who comes from the VR46-Riders Academy of nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi, recently paid a visit to the sacred Ducati halls of Borgo Panigale.

At the Ducati site, Bagnaia was received by team manager Davide Tardozzi, who accompanied the newcomer through the secret premises of the Ducati Corse forge.

 The  duo also visited parts of Ducati’s production. Tardozzi: “Pecco showed strong things last year, but it also had to take a fall while in the lead. So he has already gone through the greatest difficulties of a pilot. “

“Pecco” also revealed interesting backgrounds and his approach. Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali confirmed in a one-to-one conversation in his office: “We’re called Ducati. We have a responsibility to achieve good results, you have to be aware of that. “

While walking through the halls and the racing museum, Bagnaia also came across an Alpinestars leather suit from ex-world champion Casey Stoner: “It’s small. Looking at the leather, it seems that Casey is quite small. He already wrote to me last year, especially after the first MotoGP races of the year that I contested. “

Haudegen Davide Tardozzi sprinkles the newcomer Bagnaia roses: “Pecco is really very mature at 24 years.

 The  difference is that you have to be focused for ten months now. You have to wake up every day with the will to get good results. And you should think about it again in the evening before bed. That is definitely the hardest part of the whole thing, ”says the Ducati team coordinator.