MotoGP Ducati: Pecco Bagnaia now has his official report, talks about a possible cycle, but also warns: “there is work to do, the championship needs to wake up a little”

December 15 was a new day of glory for Pecco Bagnaia who had already experienced this plenitude when validating his title of World Champion on the Sunday marking the arrival of the Valencia Grand Prix. This Thursday, he was in fact the big star of the party that Ducati organized in its stronghold of Bologna to mark this historic achievement of the two triple crowns in MotoGP and WSBK. But that's not all: since midday, the man in red has his official report broadcast on YouTube. He commented on all these events with some revelations and a confessed desire that even Gigi Dall'Igna did not expect...

Pecco Bagnaia took the spotlight in Bologna during the celebration of the drivers', constructors' and teams' titles that Ducati won this year in both MotoGP and WSBK. In a long interview, he spoke about his season, about the atmosphere within the Ducati team with Gigi Dall'Igna, but also on the three key moments that he identified during this intense campaign, without forgetting secrets about the future, with a surprise as a conclusion...

Pecco began by explaining how important it was to have the trust of Gigi Dall'Igna, a discharge which was notably revealed when the Piedmontese driver requested a different engine for his Desmosedici during the off-season. “ Maybe Gigi has mellowed in recent years » has fun bagnaia remembering this moment… But he regains his seriousness by revealing: “ Since I arrived at Ducati we have always sought this type of relationship with Gigi and all the engineers. We are listened to a lot, our word is ultimately the most important. Jack Miller and I managed to create this type of environment, where transparency and the driver's voice come first and in my opinion, that made the difference. This year was difficult at the beginning but the path was the right one. A set of things that made the difference ».

And he describes this whole thing as follows: “ our race to catch up began in Assen. In the summer I had a pleasant conversation with Claudio Domenicali during lunch. Maximum support from this big family allowed to show this incredible second half of the season, with four consecutive victories and second place in Aragón after the fight with Enea Bastianini. In Japan, the nature of a driver who wants to overtake led me to make a mistake. But I learned from the mistake. You should always try to make something good out of something negative.. And I think we did very well this year ».

Pecco Bagnaia defines what were for him the three key moments of his memorable season

The seven-time MotoGP winner in 2022 then splits his season into three acts. Moments in particular where we detect a German Grand Prix which then had all the appearances of having swallowed up its last hopes of a title. And yet… “ The Sachsenring race gave us the strength to react » he explained. Then he continues: “ Silverstone because it was – quite honestly – a very difficult weekend. I struggled to be fast and I didn't think it would have been enough to win. But we did it and I think that showed us in our minds that we had a chance until the end ". And he ends: “ Thailand, where we managed to take third place despite the mishap at the start and the wet track, on which I had difficulty. We showed there that we deserved this title ". We will recall that if Pecco Bagnaia took this podium which is obviously so essential, it is because Johann zarco refused to deprive him of it and refraining from any action, even protecting the Italian from Marc Marquez who was following the two Ducati...

And now ? Many speak of the opening of a victorious cycle in MotoGP for Ducati : " open a cycle? We are certainly trying, we will do our best, it is not easy but in my opinion we have the potential to always do very well. There is a lot between saying and doing but in my opinion, we can do well ».

On the number he will wear this season on his GP23, he says: “ 1 certainly fascinates a lot, 63 is my number… Maybe I will change everything and take 64, 63 + 1 ! We will see after winter ". Although red with pleasure, bagnaia does not hide that everything is not rosy in MotoGP and does not deny the arrival of a few dark clouds above the paddock: “ the show that MotoGP can give is incredible » he emphasized, but with a caveat. “ There is work to be done, the league needs to wake up a little. We have often talked about it this year with Dorna's top management to find ideas for attracting more audiences. ».

Then he concludes with this revelation: “ I would be curious to test the WSBK Panigale V4R, but to do the 8 Hours of Suzuka perhaps with Alvaro Bautista. This is something that fascinates me so much and I've been saying it for a while, maybe I can convince someone... ».

In the meantime, we can find Pecco Bagnaia in the opus “ Nuvola Rossa – Bagnaia & Ducati's Perfect Comb1nation » available on the YouTube channel since noon. A television team accompanied Pecco Bagnaia in the last three races with a view to winning the MotoGP title to give us these images and these emotions.