This morning, the mole World Champion of Moto GP Pecco Bagnaia, along with all the Ducati Racing team, traveled in Red Arrow, official sponsor of the team, to get to the meeting with the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.
Il Head of State invited the rider and the Ducati Corse Team, to express, on behalf of all Italians, esteem and gratitude. The victory of an Italian rider in the world championship has been missing since 2009 with Valentino while the last victory of an Italian rider with a team of the same nationality has been missing since 1972 with Giacomo Agostini and the MV Augusta of Varese.
Bagnaia: "Honoured to meet Mattarella with the whole team"
"I am really honored to meet the President of the Republic, for me and for the whole team. It's true that the rider is alone on the bike, but he is followed by an incredible team, so I'm very happy and proud to be here with everyone. I have heard a lot that my success has been that of an Italian and already do the lap of honor with the flag of Italy was fantastic and I'm really very happy with the goal we've managed to reach. In my opinion, we did an incredible job for the whole world championship, it wasn't easy, it wasn't obvious at a certain point during the season, and being able to finish it, in any case, is a great satisfaction, a great pride" is what declared by Bagnaia a FSNews during the journey on Frecciarossa from Bologna to Rome.
Bagnaia, who arrived by train at the Rome station, then went to the Quirinale to meet Sergio Mattarella.
Il Frecciarossa logo accompanied the bike throughout the 2022 season Desmosedici GP, with which Bagnaia won the world title. A triumph that sealed the multi-year bond between the two partners who share the Italian spirit and high know-how in terms of technology and innovation.
