Pecco Bagnaia dominated the Ducati Race of Champions, his first appearance since drink driving incident

Pecco Bagnaia won the Ducati Race of Champions, a reminder of his talents on his first notable comeback since a drink driving incident.
Francesco Bagnaia, Dutch MotoGP race, 26 June
Francesco Bagnaia, Dutch MotoGP race, 26 June

Bagnaia admitted to failing a breathalyser test after crashing his 🧜car while in Ibiza during MotoGP’s summer break - he was labelled “an idiot” b🐷y Keith Huewen, who added that the rider’s career should not be affected by the mistake.

The Italian was back on a bike during World D♕ucati Week 2022, 💟the showpiece annual event, and he stormed to victory in the main race.

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The Race of Champions brought Ducati rider🏅s from different championships together on the same track - Danilo Petrucci and Alvaro🌜 Bautista were among the entrants.

Bagnaia had qualified fastest then led the eight-laඣp race in Misano, Italy, fro꧃m start to finish.

Mooney VR46 duo Marini and Bezzecchi completed the podium bu𝓡t could not challenge Bagnaia.

Jack Miller, Enea Bastianini and Jorge Martin w✅ere fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

Bagnaia finished in 12'57.901.

Federico Caricasulo, the WorldSBK rider for Althea Racing, finished 13th overall but topped a separ🌟ate podium for riders who raced on the Ducati V2.

Ducati Race of Champions 2022 results
PositionRiderTeamBikeTime
1Pecco BagnaiaDucati Lenovo TeamDucati V412'57.901
2Luca MariniMooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati V4+0.696
3Marco BezzecchiMooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati V4+1.722
4Jack MillerDucati Lenovo TeamDucati V4+4.182
5Enea BastianiniGresini Racing MotoGPDucati V4+7.051
6Jorge MartinPrima Pramac RacingDucati V4+7.873
7Axel BassaniMotorcorsa RacingDucati V4+9.167
8Johann ZarcoPrima Pramac RacingDucati V4+10.331
9Fabio Di GiannantonioGresini Racing MotoGPDucati V4+13.826
10Luca BernardiBarni Spark Racing TeamDucati V4+16.261
11Danilo PetrucciWarhorse HSBK Racing Ducati TeamDucati V4+19.572
12Philipp OttlTeam Go ElevenDucati V4+21.199
13Federico CaricasuloAlthea RacingDucati V2+32.123
14Nicholas SpinelliBarni Spark Racing TeamDucati V2+32.123
15Maximilian KoflerCM Racing TeamDucati V2+32.817
16Oliver BaylissBarni Spark Racing TeamDucati V2+39.345
17Federico FuligniD34G RacingDucati V2+43.286
18Alvaro Bautista Racing-DucatiDucati V4+48.287
19Michael RinaldiAruba.it Racing-DucatiDucati V4+48.291
20Michele PirroDucati Lenovo TeamDucati v4+five laps

 

What next for Pecco Bagnaia?

Francesco Bagnaia, Dutch MotoGP race, 26 June
Francesco Bagnaia, Dutch MotoGP race, 26 June

Bagnaia s🥃its fourth in the MotoGP standings behind Fabio Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro and Johann Zarco.

MotoGP returns from its summer break at Silverstone fo💃r the British Grand Prix on August  5-7.

He will be under the spotlight after his drink driving incident in Ibiza, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:💦the latest episode in a tumultuous 2022 season.

Will it effect how Bagnaia performs upon his ꦆreturn?

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