Pecco Bagnaia "saved" by Valentino Rossi: his father speaks out
Pecco Bagnaia “saved” by Valentino Rossi. This is the reconstruction of the father of the’current rider of the factory Ducati team, who in his career boasts three world titles (the one in 2018 and the double 2022-2023 in MotoGP). Decisive, however, not only for his exploits but precisely for his entire career, according to father Pietro, was precisely the transfer to the’Academy curated by the ‘Dottore’ from Tavullia.
Pietro Bagnaia talked about this while speaking on the podcast ‘PecinoGP’ explaining that Pecco’s difficulties dating back to 2013 and the Moto3 days seriously threatened to halt his rise in MotoGP. “They weren’t teaching him anything, and everyone was constantly angry – he explained -I pushed for him to test in Mahindra, but they told me if that happened he would never race again. Fortunately, at the time the VR46 Academy“was being born.
Right here, in the hothouse of talent curated by Valentino Rossi, Pecco’s career exploded. “The project was in its infancy, and Uccio proposed me to be part of it– recalled Pietro Bagnaia -. At that moment, from depression, came back the’enthusiasm for motorcycling“.
“Pecco was the first Academy rider outside the circle of Valentino Rossi’s personal friends, but because of that he was very well received. Then, at Gino Borsoi’s Aspar team, he found Jorge Martin. And between the two the chemistry was immediate, they were very united and inseparable even in the room and at the table” concluded Papa Bagnaia.
