Pecco Bagnaia greets the Ducatisti in Bologna gathered in Piazza Maggiore. But he doesn’t react to Marc Marquez’s provocation.
The official celebrations are not over yet I’m sorry Bagnaia who, after the evening of great celebration in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna, is expected in his hometown of Chivasso for another huge crowd. Just over a month after winning the MotoGP World Championship in Valencia, the Ducati rider enjoys the best moment of his career, after winning his second world title after the one in Moto2 in 2018.
Now comes the hardest part, defending the leadership and reconfirming himself as champion in the premier class. And maybe open a winning era: “The biggest dream was to win the World Championship with Ducati and I succeeded, the next one is to repeat myself”. The competition will certainly be fierce, it will not only be necessary to deal with the usual well-known names such as Fabio Quartararo, Marc Marquez… But also with the new teammate Aeneas Bastianini and some outsider pointing to Miguel Oliveira: “In my opinion he is a very strong rider and he will have an Aprilia that has already proved to be very competitive“.
Pecco Bagnaia soon on vacation
There Ducati Desmosedici GP however it has nothing to envy to anyone, until proven otherwise it is the best bike on the MotoGP line-up. So much so that for some it would have been decisive for winning the World Cup, even more than Pecco Bagnaia’s talent. Lately Marc Marquez declared that Fabio Quartararo lost against the better bike, partly putting the role of the Turin rider into the background.
Words that certainly don’t make arms, it takes much more to provoke the world champion: “It means he’s started his own mind games and I’m fine with that,” issue #63 added. All season they said I won because I had the best bike, but in the end only one won, and that was me“. And speaking of numbers, he still hasn’t decided whether he will continue to apply his number on the livery of the Ducati GP23 or if he will opt for the reigning champion’s 1.
In any case we will know from 22 to 24 January, when Ducati will officially show up for the 2023 season in Madonna di Campiglio, where Pecco Bagnaia has already spent a few relaxing days on the snow in the Dolomites. He could soon leave for a week at the beach with his fiancée Domizia, to finally switch off after a stressful and almost always under pressure year. To return with batteries ready for the next challenge in the classroom MotoGP.
