Valentino Rossi was actively involved in Francesco Bagnaia’s efforts to resolve the 2025 crash. Rossi acts as a mentor to Bagnaia, a graduate of the VR46 Academy.
As a factory in the first four seasons Ducati Equestrian Bagnaya won two world championships and picked up two silver medals. He averaged more than seven wins and 12 podiums per year.
But the past, Bagnaya He managed just two wins and eight podiums – his worst numbers since his time at Pramac. As his consistency completely abandoned him, he fell to fifth in the standings.
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Valentino Rossi wanted to ‘understand what he can do’ to help Francesco Bagnaian.
Bagnaya said there was too much ‘noise’ in the Ducati garage. When team management needs clarification. Neither side could give a clear reason to the media for the sudden fallout.
As described by Bagania, ‘BSMT‘ podcast, Rossi ‘wanted to come to lunch’ with Ducati team principal Christian Gabarini to find out what was going on.
Bagnaia praised the seven-time MotoGP champion for his guidance. Rossi He urged him to change his mindset and respect any stage when he was previously obsessed with winning.
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“Vale is always very present in everything we do,” he explained. “We had many lunches and dinners together, and he himself wanted to come to lunch with Christian to see what he could do.
“Vale has been through a lot of our situations, so he knows exactly how to move forward. He gave me a lot of advice.
Asked if there was one particular piece of advice he remembers, he said: “Until then, to enjoy the result even more, I don’t remember which race I came third in, but third at the time was a good result considering the results at the end of the year.”
“In the end, every success should always be celebrated. Every result should always be celebrated and celebrated if it should be celebrated, because at that time the third place was a good result considering the difficulties.”
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The failure of the Bagnaia 2025, if that wasn’t too strong, cost him his place at Ducati. Luigi Daleigna has moved ahead of 2027 for rising KTM star Pedro Acosta.
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There was a school of thought that Bagnaia could stay in the Ducati stable and race for Valentino Rossi’s satellite team. Rossi wants to continue with Desmosedici motorcycles next year.
But Bagnaya was only willing to race for a factory team.with Aprilia and Yamaha the only real competitors for the signature. He may be stepping aside, but joining VR46 will undoubtedly be a step backwards for his career.
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