Newcomers to MotoGP in 2021 will have to make some sacrifices by putting their superstitions and other traditions aside. This is the case with the lucky number. Of the three promoted, two are forced to change their bib. We know that Jorge Martin went from 88 to 89. For Bastianini, 33 was also already taken…
Enea Bastianini made his career under the banner 33 and now that he has arrived where he always wanted to be, be the MotoGP, he is forced to change his number. The pilot Ducati placed at Avintia will therefore have a certain nostalgia to see the KTM de Brad Binder which is identified under this seal. But then what did the Italian choose to deceive?
With Enea Bastianini, Luca Marini et George Martin, three Moto2 World Championship riders will be promoted to the top class of the Motorcycle World Championship in 2021. Only Rossi's half-brother, Marini, will be with his usual starting number 10, which was already on his Ducati when the new design Sky VR46 has been revealed.
The newcomer from Pramac Ducati, George Martin, 3 Moto2018 World Champion, had to go from 88 to 89 because his old starting number is already occupied by the two-time MotoGP winner Miguel Oliveira. Because the rule is this: whoever has the oldest rights in the category can keep their starting number.
Bastianini calls the 23rd to the rescue
Bastianiani, teammate of Marini at Esponsorama, has a similar experience. The Italian has a beautiful history in common with the 33. Because he first sat on a motorcycle at the tender age of three years and three months, “Bestia” has always competed with this starting number. In the MotoGP category, it is no longer available since 2020 because Brad Binder had to do without No. 41, taken by Aleix Espargaró. The South African then chose No. 33 because it recalls his initials BB.
bastianini celebrated his birthday this Wednesday. And that gave him an idea: “ It's been 23 years now, like the number I'll have on my bike next year », he wrote on his Facebook page. The Moto2 world champion will make his MotoGP debut at the age of 23 years, rightly so with the starting number 23…
