“I tried to analyse where he was fast, where his weak points ”, he told reporters. Marquez assessed Bagnaia’s performance after the race. A heart-in-mouth dogfight ensued before the Ducati rider seared across the line, just 0.673 seconds ahead of Marquez, to score his first ever premier class win. Three laps from the end, the Catalan dived in front of the young Italian, but Bagnaia immediately took back the lead. Last month at the Aragon MotoGP, Bagnaia blasted his Ducati into an imperious lead from pole position, before Repsol Honda’s indomitable Marc Marquez began to haul him in. Rossi may be as inimitable as he is irreplaceable, but there are signs that Italy may have stumbled on his successor. On November 14, Valentino Rossi will draw the curtain on a career that has redefined the sport. It is a name that is becoming ever more familiar in his home country, not least because one of Italy’s most lauded and cherished stars is about to take his final bow on the MotoGP stage. “When we were young, calling me ‘Francesco’ was difficult for her, so she was calling me ‘Pecco, Pecco, Pecco!’ every morning, like this, and I liked it.” “My sister is only 20 months older than me,” the Italian tells CNN from the media center at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas.
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