In Grand Prix, you have to be careful when making bets. Aprilia learned this by challenging its rider Bautista to enter directly into Q.2 with an RS-GP as a bet. A beautiful motorcycle that the Spaniard will be able to put in his collection following Iannone's package at Misano (see here), before leaving next year for the Aspar team and its Ducati.
A lesson which was not learned by the same Aspar team which promised its Moto3 rider Francesco Bagnaia a ride in Desmosedici, the day after the Valencia Grand Prix, if he achieved a second success with the Mahindra. Mission accomplished since this weekend in Malaysia!
The promise comes from the boss on the ground Gino Borsoi. And he's going to have to hold it. His 3-year-old Moto21 rider, Francesco Bagnaia, survived the Sepang massacre by crossing, in the lead, a red flag waved as the end of a painful game. Punctuated by nineteen falls and a full infirmary.
The challenge was a session with the GP14.2 that the structure lines up in MotoGP in the event of a second achievement. bagnaia will therefore experience the joys of the powerful Desmosedici for two days, November 15 and 16.
Good news for those who will remember their campaign in Malaysia for a long time: “ I think it was my best race in the world championship. It's never easy to run a test. You must stay as fast as possible while surrounding the limits of the track. I think I've grown, because last year I would have struggled to do a race like this. We have made great progress and as such I would like to thank the team ».
Personal progress that will benefit the VR46 team in Moto2. A team which hopes that its future recruit will not do anything stupid with the Ducati and that she will emerge unscathed from an experience which will not be easy. Jumping from Moto3 to MotoGP is no easy feat. ask to Jack Miller...
Incidentally, with this Malaysian success, bagnaia is back in third place overall and can still hope in Valencia to challenge the status of vice-world champion at bastianini.
