In Valencia Pecco Bagnaia can establish himself as MotoGP world champion. Former Pramac team manager, Francesco Guidotti, the first to bet on him.
Francesco Bagnaia is about to confirm himself as world champion of MotoGP in his fourth season in the top flight with the Emilian brand. The signing with Ducati came at the end of 2017, even before establishing himself as world champion in the 2018 Moto2 championship. The victory in the middle class was a confirmation that the managers of the Red team had seen a lot on the Savoy rider.
Starting with the former Pramac Racing team manager, Francesco Guidotti, from this year to the KTM court, where more reinforcements from Ducati will arrive in the coming weeks. The Tuscan manager confesses that he was the one to press on Paolo CampinotiPramac team principal, e Gigi Dall’Ignageneral manager of Ducati Corse, so that pecco would join the satellite team in the 2019 season. No sooner said than done, even if they were not roses and flowers immediately, but it took the time to blossom.
Pecco Bagnaia “discovered” by Francesco Guidotti
The first podium comes in the 2020 San Marino GP, after a brief stop due to an injury to the right tibia remedied in free practice in Brno. ‘Checco’ Guidotti had bet on Bagnaia for a matter of a competitive nature. “I saw someone who was going very fast, but with his head on his shoulders… methodical, stubborn, intelligent“. For two years he made his bones, then the move to the factory team, his real goal, together with Jack Miller.
On the eve of the 2021 World Championship, he seemed to have to play the role of second driver, in the face of a much more experienced Australian. Instead he immediately established himself as the true ace of the Ducati garage. “His goal has always been the factory team, he gladly stayed with us for two seasons, but he always considered it a temporary move. Not like a Zarco who ends his career or one who tries“.
The work remains to be completed next weekend in Valencia, avoiding unfortunate episodes. Two points would be enough for Pecco Bagnaia or the non-victory of the defending champion Fabio Quartararo, to bring the Triple Crown to Borgo Panigale. “Obviously he is in a much better position than Quartararo, but now he has everything to lose and Fabio nothing“.
