Pecco Bagnaia sends a message to Jannik Sinner

Pecco Bagnaia and his admiration for Jannik Sinner

Filed the Sepang tests, Pecco Bagnaia can afford these days a last break before plunging headlong into the 2024 MotoGp season, the one in which he will try the trio of titles riding the official Ducati. Also inspiring the Piedmontese centaur is another sportsman who is leaving more than one fan open-mouthed at every latitude, tennis champion Jannik Sinner.

"Have we ever met in person? No, but I wished him good luck for the Australian Open,” said Bagnaia speaking to 'La Gazzetta dello Sport' -. I like him a lot because heé è also a great worker and cané be a reference point for the sport, not only the Italian one. One day I would like to meet him".

Pecco Bagnaia and Jannik Sinner are divided, age-wise, by four and a half years of difference: in fact, Bagnaia è was born on January 14, 1997 in Turin, while Sinner è was born on August 16, 2001 in San Candido, in the autonomous province of Bolzano.

Bagnaia has won the MotoGP three times: in 2018 he è won the Moto2 title on the Kalex of the Sky Racing team VR46, while in 2022 and 2023 he triumphed in the premier class with the Ducati Lenovo team. Sinner, on the other hand, is becoming one of the world benchmarks in tennis: a major player in Italy's Davis Cup success in late 2023, he also started 2024 with a bang, winning the Australian Open.