The teacher is proud of his student
Third consecutive victory by Francesco Bagnaia in Jerez, the second in his career by defeating Marc Marquez in the melee after Aragon 2021 (which was the Italian rider’s first MotoGP victory). The two-time reigning world champion first forced Jorge Martin into an error, as he crashed as the race leader halfway through the race, then managed to respond to Marc Marquez’s attacks.
Valentino Rossi to the microphones of Sky Sports MotoGP he commented on his student’s masterpiece thus: “I had fun and Pecco had an incredible race. Already from the braking on the first lap where he passed two at Turn-6 on the outside up to the battle with Marquez and when he did “36.4 in the end he was truly the strongest of all, very good. We are also very happy for Bezzecchi because the start of the season was quite difficult, but we worked well and improved step by step. Today we had a good opportunity because he started on the front row and he took advantage of it, the podium was very important. Both are great.”
“Pecco was very good in the fight and made me understand straight away that he wouldn’t give up, even if Martin had fallen, and those are important things – added Rossi – he managed to get away, in the right corners he was very fast, and it was a great satisfaction. Pecco was very angry about yesterday because in Sprint there are riders who race without thinking about the others, he felt as fast yesterday as he did this morning, and today he started with conviction. He did everything right, came up from behind and made a double overtaking at Turn-6 on the first lap with imagination, talent and a bit of madness. Then he remained in front, but above all he didn’t give up even after Martin’s crash because he could also be thinking about the championship, and instead he immediately made Marquez understand that it would be tough. If you can give a 10 to a race, today is the case“.
