Profile of Francesco Bagnaia, Strong Candidate Winner MotoGP 2022
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VIVA – Francesco Bagnaia or better known as Pecco is a Ducati racer. He is a candidate for MotoGP 2022 winner. This MotoGP racer who was born in Turin, Italy on January 14, 1997. He won the MiniGP 2009 when he was 12 years old.
Bagnaia made his debut in the 125cc pre-GP in the Mediterranean Championship with Monlau Competition in 2010. Two years later, Bagnaia made his CEV Moto3 debut on a Honda NSF250R.
Exactly in 2013, Bagnaia was finally able to make his Grand Prix debut in Moto3 with the Italian FMI team riding a Honda. However, Bagnaia did not score impressive results as they only finished in the 16th position at Sepang in the same season.
Pembalap Ducati, Francesco Bagnaia.
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One season later, Bagnaia joined Sky Racing Team VR46 on a KTM. His race record tends to improve.
In 2015 Moto3, Francesco Bagnaia moved to the Aspar Team for and first time on the podium at Le Mans. His achievements continued to climb in the 2016 season by finishing fourth in the 2016 Moto3.
Then it got Francesco promoted to Moto2. Sky Racing Team VR46 once again chose him to a higher level in the 2017 racing season. In 2017 Moto2, Bagnaia successfully won the title of best rookie racer.
His achievement was even more brilliant in Moto2 2018 because he became a champion and managed to stand on the podium 12 times. Pramac Ducati Racing recruited Bagnaia to pave the way for the 2019 MotoGP. His debut season ended by finishing 15th in the standings.
Francesco was only able to step on the first MotoGP podium at the San Marino MotoGP in the 2020 season. But in 2020 MotoGP, he finished in 16th position in the drivers' standings.
Pembalap Ducati, Francesco Bagnaia.
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The Ducati team managed to make Pecco for MotoGP 2021. He successfully won the first pole position during his career in MotoGP in the opening series. Pecco's performance with the Ducati first team was impressive.
At the end of the season, Pecco successfully became a champion candidate by finishing second in the drivers' standings and only 26 points adrift of 2021 MotoGP champion, Fabio Quartararo.
The racer presented another fierce fight for Fabio Quartararo. Performance decreased at the beginning of the 2022 MotoGP towards the end of the season.
Pecco had won four consecutive racing series in MotoGP 2022. That made him close to Quartararo in the racer's standings.
In the remaining five racing series, Bagnaia is only 10 points away from Quartaro. There is no way he can shift the position of the defending champion for the 2022 MotoGP champion title.
