The Australian defended his heir
In 2027 after eight years at Ducati Francesco Bagnaia will leave the Borgo Panigale house to open a new chapter of his MotoGP adventure always on an Italian bike, the Aprilia.
Bagnaia was the rider who brought Ducati back to the top of MotoGP in 2022, 15 years after Casey Stoner’s success in 2027. By promoting Marc Marquez to the official team, Ducati put Bagnaia in front of an unequal challenge in terms of talent and Pecco, after two years alongside the Cervera phenomenon, will leave the two-wheeled Red. According to Casey Stoner, the criticism was too harsh towards Bagnaia.
“I feel very sorry for Bagnaia because he certainly struggled a bit recently – said Casey Stoner reached by the official MotoGP site – everyone lost confidence in him because they claimed he was just complaining, that the bike was the same as before, but I, from the outside, realized that the bike was not the same.”
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“Bagnaia rides very smoothly and I saw the bike doing things it shouldn’t have been doing – added Stoner – I hope that at Aprilia, changing environment, he can return to being himself and regain the confidence of the past. At Ducati, he certainly had the short straw even though he won two consecutive titles bringing Ducati back ahead of everyone after me.”
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