Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia accomplished the improbable on Sunday, November 6, 2022. Five months prior, the Italian trailed defending MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo by 91 points in the Rider’s Champions standings after crashing out of the German Grand Prix. Pecco didn’t listen to the naysayers, though. He kept his nose to the grindstone and closed the gap week after week.
All that tenacity paid off at the season finale in Valencia, Spain, where Bagnaia secured the 2022 MotoGP title by a slim 13-point margin. The championship marked the VR 46 Academy rider’s first Premier class crown and just Ducati’s second Rider’s title in 15 years. To celebrate the occasion, the Bologna firm released a 25-minute documentary chronicling the final three rounds of the 2022 MotoGP season.
