“Pecco” speaks on the eve of his debut in Qatar: “The potential is high”. Marquez launches the challenge for the World Cup: “I want to fight for the title”
The curtain rises on MotoGP 2022and to inaugurate the weekend of the first race in Qatar is the press conference in Losail. “Pecco” Bagnaia, freshly renewed for another two seasons with Ducati, he is charged: “The potential is high, I’m optimistic. I’d like to stay here for my entire career, but we’ll see what happens.” It is also the challenge Mark Marquezin his tenth year among the big names: “I want to fight to win the World Cup”.
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The green light for the start of the 2022 MotoGP World Championship is approaching. The countdown for the first race of the new season in Qatar passes from the usual press conference on the eve of the Losail weekend, the first appointment of the new year, which will see Bagnaia among the great protagonists. Pecco, invigorated by the renewal for another two seasons with Ducati, does not hide his enthusiasm: “We worked well during the pre-season, it is difficult to understand the level of the bikes in the tests because everyone does a different job and follows a different pattern. potential is high, I think I have found the best package and I am optimistic: we can start again from the final of last season “. On the title race: “The Ducati always looks the best but the last title is in 2007. I think the bike from the last few races of last season is the best Ducati I’ve ever ridden. I don’t know if it’s the best ever. Ducati is putting a lot of pressure on me, I’m putting it on to go faster. Who wins the World Championship? I have faith in myself “.
The adventure with the Borgo Panigale team will continue in 2023 and 2024, but Pecco, who also has his say on the World Championship, looks even further: “I’m very happy to be able to stay with Ducati again, I’d like to stay here for the whole career, but we’ll see what happens. Another two years of contract means being relaxed and focused on giving my all, and I prefer it that way. It will be a balanced championship and this is good for the show. “
After the gradual return in 2021, MotoGP welcomes from the first day one of the absolute protagonists: Marc Marquez, who has very clear ideas about his seasonal goal, despite starting from a track not very welcome to the eight-time champion of the world. “I am happy to be here – says the Spaniard – I will start better than last year. I have made progress from a physical point of view. We will see how we start from the first race, I want to fight for the championship. Maybe I will not be ready to win. here in Qatar, since the track is not congenial to my driving style, but we’ll see how it goes. ” Marquez also has his say on the situation in Ukraine: “I don’t know how we can get to that point in 2022, the whole MotoGP is against war, I can’t understand on a personal level how it’s possible not to stop what’s happening. I can only to say that we must give all our support to these people and families who are suffering, but it is not enough. There are people much more important than us who must stop what is happening. I give all my support, but I cannot do more “. Finally, a thought about the first season without Valentino Rossi: “The MotoGP goes on, even if it has unquestionably lost an icon”.
However, eyes will also be on the reigning World Champion Fabio Quartararo. “Coming back is fantastic – says the Yamaha rider – We expected more speed, but in any case we will have to give 100% and I’m ready. Who will fight to win? It is difficult to indicate anyone in particular, the Ducati riders are certainly among them” . The Frenchman says he does not feel the pressure, even though he is the title holder: “2022 is not 2021: this year we start from scratch, you have to be fast”.
Apart from Bagnaia, Italy is also betting a lot on Franco Morbidelli, included in the official Yamaha team alongside Quartararo since the end of last season. “I have a great desire. Let’s see on the track, I’m here waiting. I want the weekend to start early. I’m fine, I’m 100%. I was out of breath at the tests, but I recovered it in these three weeks and means of work “, said the Roman, returning from a season conditioned by a knee injury.
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