Enea Bastianini’s salary and Ducati contract contains a clause which may be incentive to beat teammate Francesco Bagnaia

Enea Bastianini’s salary will triple if he finishes in the top three of the 2023 MotoGP standings, says his manager, which could be bad news for Francesco Bagnaia.
Enea Bastianini, Francesco Bagnaia, Thailand MotoGP. 29 September
Enea Bastianini, Francesco Bagnaia, Thailand MotoGP. 29 September

The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 MotoGP rider line-up will feature the two young, exciting Italians as teammates in Ducat🙈i’s factory team after Bastianini earned the step-up from Gresini to join the 2022 world champion.

Their personal relationship - and Ducati’s team orders -✤ is a key talking point ahead of the new season because Bastianini has already shown willingness to go🐎 wheel-to-wheel with Bagnaia.

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Carlo Pernat, Bastianini’s manager, explained🦂 the terms of his deal with Ducati: "The contract expires at the end of 2024. If he makes first, second 🔴or third, his salary triples.”

Pernat revealed Bastianini’s other income: “But it's not just ꦉDucati, ꩵwe have Alpinestars, KYT with decent figures. And other sponsors that are equivalent to other bonuses. 

“Between first ꦰand second there is a big differꩲence."

The final incentive for riders to finish even slightly higher may ultimately trump team orders when th♔e season gets underway, particularly for🎉 someone like Bastianini who is hungry for his maiden championship and is riding a bike which is the envy of many of his rivals.

Reigning cham💯pion Bagnaia may discover that the biggest obstacle to retaining his title is actual🔯ly on the other side of the same garage.

"That 𒉰rivalry was built by Ducati unconsciously,” Pꦇernat said.

“At a certain mom🌃ent there was talk of teamwork, but at that moment a dualism wa𝕴s created. 

“Enea was playing for the world championship, or at ♛least [within] the first three positions. In the financial field it is worth a lot of money. 

“Many times I asked Ducati t𒆙o guarantee us at least third place, but there was always a postponement."

Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini , MotoGP race, Malaysian MotoGP, 23 October
Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini , MotoGP race, Malaysian MotoGP, 23 October

Bast𝄹ianini was snapping at Bagnaia’s heels at Misano, even when his future as 50 percent of the factory Ducati line-up was guaranteed.

"Enea is a tough guy, he is not there and will n💎ot be there at team games,” Pernat saiꦫd.

“They are two completely different riders: Bagnaia is fast and consistent, Bastianini is more like 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Casey Stoner, a tightrope walker, overtaking clean but at times when it is mo𝔍re difficult to pass. It will be a good battle, but it's normal."

Pernat said about the changing life of a MotoGP man🅺ager: "Managing a rider is like managing a company, several riders came to me, including Dennis Foggia, many parents of 12-13 year olds.

“The life of a manager is very hard, I am 75 years old! Our generation was on the handshake, on frie🅰ndly contracts. Today you make a contract with you⛎r lawyers, but they can change at any moment."

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