For a long time the Valentino Rossi’s Academy, the VR46, has given many successes, but one of the pending subjects that remained it was seeing Francesco Bagnaia win a MotoGP race. In Alcañiz, Pecco, as everyone calls him, achieved that long-awaited and deserved victory after a vibrant duel with Marc Márquez and The doctor He was one of those who was most happy.
Although he did not have a good race at the Aragon GP, his friend’s triumph filled Vale with happiness: “It’s a great day for Pecco, his first MotoGP victory. It is the moment that a motorcycle rider never forgets, and also winning like this, with battle until the last lap. I am very happy for him personally, because he is my friend and we spend a lot of time together at home. I think he deserved it, because he was very fast and he rode the Ducati in a fantastic way. It comes at the right time, because he has been very strong all season, with some bad luck at times, and this victory is fantastic. On the other hand, I am proud of the academy. We took Pecco from Moto3 and helped him get to this level. We are very happy”.
On Saturday night, as usual, they were together and on 46 he advised him on the career he should consider: “The night before I pushed a lot for the choice of tires, because sometimes he makes strange choices. Yesterday I told him that I started first and that what he had to do was stay ahead the entire race and win at the end. That was my strategy, but I also told him a lot to put the soft behind, the soft behind. I was hypnotizing him to do it and in the end he has. “