For Bagnaia, it will be the icing on the cake of a season where he broke out in the open. Better still, it has entered the history of a Mahindra manufacturer which perhaps did not expect so much from this 2016 Moto3 season. In Valencia, the collaboration between the driver and the brand will end. With, perhaps, the status of vice-world champion. But in any case with the test of the Ducati GP14.2.
A Mahindra rider finishing second to a KTM World Champion is a prospect that would please the Indian coat of arms. The latter is struggling industrially with Honda and could easily see himself beating the hell out of him on the track. But to get there, we will have to look for Aeneas bastianini : “ in Valencia, we will even be able to fight for the title of vice-Champion, it will be complicated but the possibility exists » explains the one who will go within the team VR46 to try the adventure in Moto2 next year.
19 points are to be filled in one race. A real challenge. But it's better not to bet with the Italian. Ask his current boss Gino Borsoi : it cost him a test session on the Ducati GP14.2! The one also called Pecco explains: “ it's a bet that dated from the start of the season, from Argentina or Texas. We were in the MotoGP box with Jorge Martín. I got on Eugène Laverty's bike and told Martín that I wanted to try it. Gino Borsoi, who was in the box and had heard me, told me that I could test the Ducati during the test following the Valencia GP, on condition of winning two races this year..
The first arrived in Assen and the second in Malaysia. Two victories and six podiums, this is the record of bagnaia before the der de Valencia. The Aspar team just had to keep their word: “ for me it is something important. Not all drivers have this opportunity and it's something incredible for me. But I didn't want to think about it too much, so as not to be disappointed in case it didn't happen. Now that I have won these two races, I dream about it every day. The idea is to do five or six laps on Tuesday but I don't think I'll stop as long as there's fuel! » he swears on MotoGP.com.
It will also be a great way to leave his current team to which he pays tribute: “ These two years were very important for me and the team supported me a lot from the start. Jorge, Gino, my technical team and my teammate, we all have a great relationship. Being part of the Aspar Team means being part of a family. They listened to everything I had to say and that's something important in a team. We have a very strong relationship and it will remain so forever. Having the experience of having run with Aspar also gave me the strength and energy that I will need for the rest of my career ».
