MotoGP | Bagnaia Campione: “It's a dream to win the race and the title”

MotoGP GP Valencia – Francesco Bagnaia is World Champion for the second consecutive time in the premier class and won the title in the best way possible, winning the race. The Ducati Lenovo team rider was able to keep a cool head also because he was not aware that Jorge Martin had crashed and thanks to Jack Miller's crash on the 19th lap, he took the lead of the race until the finish line.

Statements Pecco Bagnaia, World Champion

“I didn't sleep much yesterday! Compared to last year we were in an advantageous situation, I had a lot of pressure on me. Today however I was more ready because we know that on Sunday we are stronger, today I started, I put myself in front, I let the others move forward with the temperature issue but I didn't think about the championship at all and in the end it went well. In the last five laps I was scared because I started to feel cold and I was scared for the front tire especially in the changes and when Jack crashed, I told myself that it was starting to be tough but everything went well. I didn't see that Martin had crashed, I thought he was fourth. Martin on the straight what happened to me in Qatar happened to him, you can't do anything about it because you get sucked in. We took a risk, at that moment he had to push really hard and it was tough."

Pecco Bagnaia statements on the Barcelona accident

“Subconsciously it slowed me down quite a bit, especially from Misano onwards. The races after, every time I had to do the time attack I always lost, I achieved many podiums. We were competitive on Sunday but on Saturday we always lacked competitiveness."

Pecco Bagnaia's statements if he had not won the World Cup

“With the number 1 it would have been a failure after the season in which we always finished first, apart from Austin and Argentina where Bezzecchi passed me, from then on I was always first in the championship I extended up to 62 points, after the Sprint Race in Mandalika I was second and Martin went ahead. We always left Saturday but on Sunday we were always stronger, we deserved it, we had to win it and I'm very happy"