Pecco Bagnaia was the fastest in the Race of Champions

During the holidays, the Ducati team took the opportunity to celebrate its week including fans, team members and drivers. This year, they set the dates from July 22 to 24, coinciding with the Superbike and MotoGP holidays.

During the “Ducati Week” the “Race of Champions” is already a topic. This small competition was held at Misano Circuit Marco Simoncelli This is the perfect opportunity to see MotoGP and WorldSBK riders on track at the same time.

The MotoGP riders are getting back on the bike since they did it for the last time on the last weekend of June in Assen. This time they will not compete against other brands, but instead they will try to give an exhibition and show the power that the Ducati brand has.

All eyes of Pecco Bagnaia are on him, since the last news of the Italian pilot was at the beginning of July when it was revealed that he had an accident in Ibiza and exceeded the maximum level of alcohol allowed. But in the days of this celebration it was proven how the Italian rider is fully involved in the brand and showed both in his own social networks and in the team his experience on a MotoGP motorcycle for two, with his partner and with Gigi Dall’Igna and Davide Tarzozziin addition to other works in which he was present.

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With Pecco, his teammate from Ducati Lenovo, Jack Miller. Gresini Racing drivers will also be present, Enea Bastianini Y Fabio DiGiannantoniofrom Mooney VR46 Racing, Luca Marina Y Marco Bezzecchifrom Aruba Racing, Michele Pirro and to Prima Pramac Racing, George Martin Y johann zarco.

Also, Superbikes participate, where it is possible to see the pilots of Aruba.It Racing, Alvaro Bautista Y Michael Ruben Rinaldia Philipp Oettl of Team Goeleven, Luca Bernardi from Barni Spark Racing, and Axel Bassani of Motocorsa Racing. In addition to Federico Caricasulo, Maximilian Köfler, Philip Fuligni, Nicholas Spinelli already participating in the SuperSport 600 Danilo Pretucci Y Oliver Bayliss.

In the race of champions all these pilots faced each other, where Pecco Bagnaia won, starting from first position. The podium was shared with Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi, Axel Bassani being the first in Superbike among GP riders. Álvaro Bautista finished twelfth, far behind Bagnaia. As for those who ran with the Panigale V2, the fastest was Federico Caricasulo.

Although the race was very quiet and no one wanted to risk it, it was possible to see how Enea Bastianini overtook Jorge Martín to finish in fifth position. And it is the struggle of these pilots that goes beyond the world championship, because the position in the official Ducati Racing team is empty and everything indicates that one of these two pilots will occupy it.