| Francesco Bagnaia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Bagnaia at the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1997 Turin, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Ducati Lenovo Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia (/bəˈnjaɪə/ bə-NY-EYE-ə; born 14 January 1997) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in MotoGP for the Ducati Lenovo Team.[1] He is the 2022 and 2023 MotoGP World Riders' Champion.
Bagnaia was the 2018 Moto2 World Champion. He is the first and only rider from Valentino Rossi's VR46 Riders Academy to win a world title in the premier class. His 2022 title was also the first Ducati rider World Championship in 15 years and the first for an Italian rider since Rossi in 2009.[2]
- ^ "Francesco Bagnaia Rider Profile, Ducati Lenovo team". 14 March 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hawkins, Jonathan (6 November 2022). "Italy's Pecco Bagnaia takes historic MotoGP title for Ducati". CNN. Retrieved 30 November 2022.