The details of the Bagnaia-Aprilia agreement: it’s a 2+2 and Pecco will also bring Gabarrini with him

The pair will move to Noale together

Jorge Martin was followed to Aprilia by crew chief Daniele Romagnoli and the agreement reached by the Noale-based manufacturer with Francesco Bagnaia will also follow the same dynamic.

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According to reports from the Spanish publication AS, in fact, Christian Gabarrini, Francesco Bagnaia’s current crew chief alongside Pecco since the Italian rider joined Ducati, will follow Bagnaia to Aprilia.

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The four-year contract offered by Aprilia and accepted by Bagnaia and his management will be structured as a 2+2 agreement, therefore two two-year periods. For Gabarrini, this is not the first time in his career that he has left Ducati to continue following his rider. It had already happened with Casey Stoner, with whom he won in both MotoGP and Honda when the Australian left Ducati at the end of 2010 to join Honda HRC.

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