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October162022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rins won a tense race, Quartararo retired, Bagnaia the new leader in the championship

Suzuki rider Alex Rins won a tense MotoGP race for the Australian Grand Prix, where the top ten riders of all 27 laps rode less than two seconds apart. Second was Marc Marquez, who was celebrating his 1581491340315017216th podium finish, and third was Pecco Bagnaia, who is the new leader of the championship after Fabio Quartararo made a mistake in the fourth lap of the race and fell to the start, then crashed in the eleventh and resigned. The fourth was Marco Bezzecchi, who won the title of the best rookie of the season. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1581480667073740802 Jorge Martin led the race from first place, with Marc Marquez following closely behind, followed by Francesco Bagnaia and Aleix Espargaro. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/4 In the XNUMXth round the score is

Sep42022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia celebrated his fourth consecutive victory in Misano with a photo finish

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Pecco Bagnaia celebrated his fourth consecutive win at the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix, bringing him within 30 points of world championship leader Fabio Quartararo. The Italian thus wrote a new page in the history of Ducati, as he became the first racer who managed to win four times in a row. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1566406590890217472 The factory Ducati rider led throughout the race, but in the last part of the race he was threatened mainly by his future teammate Enea Bastianini, who tried to take the lead in the last meters of the race, but had to settle for second place in the end. Maverick Vinales was third after a solid race. An excellent fourth was Luca Marini, current world champion Fabio Quartararo, who started the race

Jun272022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia feared another fall in Assn

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Francesco Bagnaia has admitted that he feared a crash that would cost him victory in the MotoGP race in Assen after two successive retirements in previous races. The Ducati rider trailed championship points leader Fabio Quartararo by 91 points heading into the Dutch Grand Prix following retirements in Barcelona and Germany, but received an unexpected gift from his French rival on Sunday when he retired. The Italian closed the gap to 66 points with the win, but admitted he feared another drop during the race, especially when the track was drenched by rain in the latter part. "I was really scared," he admitted. "I looked at the screen at the track and saw Aleix (Espargaro) in the sand, and next to him was a blue motorcycle. I assumed it was Fabio next to Aleix. We were lucky, but

Jun182022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia fastest in third practice

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Francesco Bagnaia was the fastest in the third freestyle MotoGP training in Germany, and the top five included Aleix Espargaro, Jack Miller, Johann Zarco, Jorge Martin and Fabio Quartararo, who had to give up the last quick lap after his defensive helmet removed visor. Seventh was Joan Mir ahead of Takaki Nakagami, who fell in the final minutes of training. Thanks to the Japanese, yellow flags were hoisted in the first sector, preventing some racers from setting up a fast time. Ninth was Maverick Vinales and tenth was Miguel Oliveira, who was half a second behind Bagnaio. All racers from the top ten qualified for the Q2 part of the qualifications. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1538080305189470209

May282022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia fastest in third practice

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Despite the fall, Francesco Bagnaia was the fastest racer of the third free practice in Mugello, and Ducati took as many as six of the first seven places. Second was Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) ahead of the Ducati six, Luca Marini and Johann Zarco, fourth was Marco Bezzecchi, ahead of Eneo Bastianini and Jorge Martin. Eighth was Pol Espargaro, again Honda's fastest racer, ahead of Japan's Takkaki Nakagami on LCR's Honda, and current world champion Fabio Quartararo was tenth. The Frenchman with Yamaha managed to capture a guaranteed place in the second part of the qualifications in just 0.028 seconds. Very bad training is behind the Spaniard Marco Marquez, who set only the 21st training time. Racer ManufacturerTimeDifference1 Francesco BagnaiaDucati1'45.393 2 Aleix

May162022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia: I don’t care who my teammate will be, Enea deserves this position

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Francesco Bagnaia says Jack Miller is, in his opinion, the best candidate for a team-mate in the coming seasons, as he is friends with the Australian and works well together. But the Italian may have to come to terms with another team rival, as this season, with excellent performances on the older version of the Ducati engine, the path to the factory team was well paved by Gresini racer Enea Bastianini. But Pecco says he has a good relationship with every teammate, so he doesn’t care who it will be, and in the end, Ducati’s leading men will decide. “Jack has been my teammate since 2019, so I know him well,” Bagnaia said. “It’s quite understandable that if you could pick a teammate, you’d pick someone you talk to more i

May152022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bastianini leads Ducati's double victory at Le Mans

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Enea Bastianini won the MotoGP race for the French Grand Prix after Francesco Bagnaia fell from the triple lead of Ducati 7 laps before the end, with which Bastianini fought in the last laps of the race. The second was Bagna’s teammate on the Ducati factory team, Jack Miller, and the third was Aleix Espargaro, who was a tough nut to crack for home hero Fabio Quartararo. The Yamaha racer had to settle for fourth place. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1525819068644737025?s=20&t=lQdHTMZY-3gpGRANK9OWkA

May142022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia to the best starting position in Le Mans

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Francesco Bagnaia won the best starting position for the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, and Jack Miller and Aleix Espargaro will start the race from the first starting line. Home hero Fabio Quartararo starts the race in fourth place and Enea Bastianini in fifth. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1525459348994109442 Sixth was the second domestic racer, Johann Zarco, while seventh and eighth place went to Suzuki racers Joan Mir and Alex rins. Jorge Martin was ninth and Marc Marquez tenth.

Apr302022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

MotoGP: Bagnaia fastest in third practice

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Francesco Bagnaia set the fastest time of MotoGP’s third free practice in Jerez, where he overtook reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo by 0.006 seconds. Third was LCR Honda racer, Takaaki Nakagami ahead of Marco Marquez and Maverick Vinales. Enea Bastianini finished sixth, Aleix Espargaro seventh and Joan Mir eighth, and Jorge Martin and Jack Miller finished in the top ten, which gives the racers a direct place in the second part of today's qualifiers. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1520324148844806144 # DirkačRazlika163F. BAGNAIA1: 36.782220F. QUARTARARO + 0.006330T. NAKAGAMI + 0.117493M. MARQUEZ + 0.143512M. VIÑALES + 0.193623E. BASTIANINI + 0.194741A. ESPARGARO + 0.277836J. MIR + 0.278989J. MARTIN + 0.2921043J. MILLER + 0.342 https://twitter.com/M

Feb212022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Ducati and Pecco Bagnaia in MotoGP together until the end of 2024

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The runner-up of the 2021 season, Francesco Bagnaia, extended his participation with Ducati in MotoGP until the end of the 2024 season. three and finished the season in second place overall, behind world champion Fabio Quartararo. “I’ve always dreamed of racing for Ducati in MotoGP, so I’m very happy to be able to race for them for two more seasons,” Bagnaia said. "I found a calm environment in the factory team, now I just have to focus to prove myself in the fight for the title." https://twitter.com/PeccoBagnaia/status/2019