Francesco Bagnaia

Quick Facts

Full Name	Francesco Bagnaia
Occupation	Racer
Date Of Birth	Jan 14, 1997(1997-01-14)
Age	27
Birthplace	Turin
Country	Italy
Birth City	Piedmont
Horoscope	Capricorn

Francesco Bagnaia Biography

Francesco Bagnaia is one of the most popular and richest Racer who was born on January 14, 1997 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Bagnaia completed his debut year with 54 points making him 15th in championship standings. He was unable to race in the final race in Valencia because of an injury.

After four seasons participating in the Moto3 category Championship, Bagnaia moved up to Moto2 and raced in the SKY Racing Team VR46, which he last raced in 2014, riding with Stefano Manzi as his teammate. In his only Moto2 race in Jerez Bagnaia finished 2nd. He was 2nd in the following race and also at Le Mans after having qualified 2nd, and missed the pole position by Thomas Luthi by just 0.026 seconds. Bagnaia was third on the podium place at Sachsenring in the third place finish ahead of Franco Morbidelli who won the race, as well as Miguel Oliveira who came in second. At Misano Bagnaia initially finished fourth in the race, ahead of Dominique Aegerter, Thomas Luthi and Hafizh Syahrin. However, Aegerter had to be disqualified later on, bringing Bagnaia to his fourth place in the championship. He was named Moto2 rookie of the Year following an event called the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi. He ended his rookie year with 174 points, which saw him finish 5th at the Moto2 Championship, scoring points in 16 of the 18 races.

Bagnaia opened the season with a win in Qatar, having led the race from start to finish. Bagnaia took a second win in Austin after a hard fight with Álex Márquez winning the race with a gap of 2.4 seconds and also setting the fastest lap of the race. At Jerez Bagnaia finished 3rd behind Lorenzo Baldassarri and Miguel Oliveira holding his starting grid position. Bagnaia took his first pole position in Moto2 at Le Mans, like the race in Qatar he led from start to finish. The win was also his 3rd podium at Le Mans since

2015. Bagnaia took a 4th win at Assen, starting the race from Pole Position and leading the entire race. After qualifying 3rd on the grid in Sachsenring Bagnaia finished the race down in 12 place, having been forced outside of the track after Mattia Pasini fell down in front of him in the last corner on the second lap, despite being down in 26th position he still made up fourteen places, including overtaking Álex Márquez on the final lap in the last corner. At Brno Bagnaia finished third and lost the championship lead to Oliveira. He retook the championship lead at Austria, winning his 5th race of the season. Bagnaia won his sixth race of the season at Misano from pole position. He took a 5th straight podium at Buriram, winning the race with his teammate Luca Marini in second place. He took his 8th win of the season at Motegi after Fabio Quartararo who initially won the race was disqualified due to low tyre pressure. After finishing 3rd at Sepang he was crowned Moto2 World Champion with his 12th podium of the season, his teammate Luca Marini took his first ever Moto2 World Championship win as well, his 5th podium of the campaign.

In 2015, Bagnaia made another team and bike change, this time joining Aspar Racing Team on a Mahindra and new teammates Juanfran Guevara and Jorge Martín where he got his first podium at the Le Mans finishing the race in 3rd place behind Romano Fenati and Enea Bastianini. In the next race at Mugello Bagnaia finished 4th, missing the podium with 0.003 seconds. He was on his way to another podium finish at Silverstone but crashed with 2 laps remaining, fighting with Niccolò Antonelli for the 3rd place. Despite improving his championship position with two places and gaining 26 more points than the previous year on a new bike for the third straight season, this time a Mahindra it was still an up and down year for him. Bagnaia only finished Top 10 during races five times. He also missed points in seven races, unclassified in five of those. He finished the season down in 14th place with 76 points.

The year 2013 saw Bagnaia had his first grand prix appearance in 2013 with Team Italia FMI with Romano Fenati as his teammate riding the Honda. The season was not a great year for Bagnaia since he didn’t score one point from the 17 races he took part in. His most successful race was his 16th place finish at Sepang.

Francesco Bagnaia Net Worth

Francesco Bagnaia is one of the richest Racer from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Francesco Bagnaia 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia (born 14 January 1997 in Turin) is a famous Italian motorbike racer. He is currently racing on the circuit of MotoGP with his team, the Alma Pramac Racing team.

The birthplace of Bagnaia was Torino (Italy), Bagnaia was a success in Minimoto and won the European MiniGP championship in 2009. Bagnaia has made the preGP 125 Mediterranean championship debut with the Monlau Competicion team in 2010 and was second in the overall championship. In 2012’s CEV Moto3 season he rode the Honda NSF250R and placed 3rd in the championship , behind Alex Marquez and Luca Amato with three podium finishes in seven races. Bagnaia can also be found a part of the VR46 riders’ academy.

In 2014, Bagnaia switched team to join the newly formed Sky Racing Team by VR46 riding a KTM with same partner Romano Fenati. After failing to score points in his rookie season Bagnaia made a clear improvement after a strong pre-season and also switching bikes for the season, riding a KTM instead of Honda. He finished top 10 five times during the first 7 races with a 4th-place finish at Le Mans as his best result, where he also set the fastest lap of the race. Bagnaia missed the races at Assen and Sachsenring due to injury. After scoring 42 points in the first 7 races of the campaign Bagnaia slumped badly during the second part of the season, only finishing in the points twice of the last 9 races, clearly affected by his injury. He finished the season in 16th position with 50 points.

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Bagnaia became the 2018 Moto2 World Champion after winning 8 races during the season at: Losail, Circuit of the Americas, Le Mans, Assen, Red Bull Ring, Misano, Buriram and Motegi, finishing his season with a total of 12 podiums, 6 pole positions and 306 points.

Facts & Trivia

Francesco Ranked on the list of most popular Racer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Francesco Bagnaia celebrates birthday on January 14 of every year.

Why is francesco Bagnaia called pecco?

One of Bagnaia’s passions is cooking. Just as in a test climate, parts are tested, tunings, etc., in the kitchen Bagnaia likes to experiment and get out of the routine. Also because he is Italian , ‘Pecco’ is an unconditional fan of pasta!

Is bagnaia related to Rossi?

Bagnaia is one of four Rossi proteges on the current MotoGP grid , and is currently the most successful on the grid.

How old is Pecco bagnaia?

25 years (January 14, 1997)

Who has the most championship in MotoGP?

Giacomo Agostini , with 15 victories, has won the most world championships. Ángel Nieto is second with 13 world championships and Valentino Rossi, Mike Hailwood and Carlo Ubbiali are third with 9 world championships.

What nationality is Francesco bagnaia?

Italian