Bagnaia leads the way during final practice for the Emilia Romagna MotoGP, the second of the back-to-back Misano rounds. Along with Bagnaia, Mir and Vinales also delivered very impressive race pace.
Bagnaia quickest with a new all-time lap record during FP3, despite a late fall, at the second of the back-to-back Misano MotoGP events. Team-mate Miller (Pramac Ducati), Espargaro (KTM) and Oliveira (KTM) also fell during the session.
Officially, Ducati Corse has still only signed one rider for the 2021 MotoGP World Championship, with Jack Miller confirmed as moving from Pramac to the factory team.
An engine problem in the closing stages of the Andalucia Grand Prix may have robbed Francesco Bagnaia of a debut MotoGP podium, but the Italian now looks assured of a new 2021 Ducati contract.
Francesco Bagnaia looked set to turn a debut MotoGP front row into a first podium, only to be cruelly denied by an engine failure late in the Andalucia Grand Prix.
So far, three riders have emerged head-and-shoulders over the rest in MotoGP's new Virtual world. Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia had one digital victory each heading into round three at Jerez - broadcast on Sunday - with Maverick Vinales a double podium finisher.
Francesco Bagnaia looked set to become MotoGP's first Virtual repeat winner as he stormed to a six-second lead with just over two laps remaining in the Virtual Grand Prix of Spain.
Francesco Bagnaia says he hopes to battle on track with the same success he has found in the MotoGP Virtual Race series after winning the second event by beating Maverick Vinales in a last-lap scrap which saw the Italian take to the grass for his race-winning overtake.
Jack Miller may have been the only Ducati rider in the top nine on the final day of MotoGP pre-season testing in Qatar but fellow GP20 riders Danilo Petrucci, Andrea Dovizioso and Francesco Bagnaia were all buoyed by the results of a race simulation.
Francesco Bagnaia believes upgrading to the Ducati GP20 will not only benefit his weaknesses but is also an improvement on the Italian manufacturer’s own key areas.
Ducati’s sporting director Paolo Ciabatti says the entire team has faith in Danilo Petrucci rediscovering his early 2019 season form and dismissed his downturn in results as connected to his 2020 contract renewal.
In the final MotoGP Gossip column of the year, Jorge Lorenzo reveals how concerns over being paralysed were part of his call to retire and Alex Marquez explains how he was selected as Lorenzo’s replacement at Repsol Honda.
Francesco Bagnaia has been declared unfit by the MotoGP medical team after suffering a left wrist fracture and has gone to hospital for further examinations following his strange crash at the exit of the pit lane during FP3 at the Valencia Grand Prix.
Overshadowed by Fabio Quartararo for much of the season, fellow rookies Francesco Bagnaia and Joan Mir claimed their best MotoGP results so far at Phillip Island on Sunday.
Ducati will supply four factory-specification bikes for the first time in its MotoGP history, which sporting director Paolo Ciabatti hopes will provide key competition between its riders alongside increased development.
Francesco Bagnaia will miss second practice at the German MotoGP to undergo medical checks after the Pramac Ducati rider suffered an crash midway through FP1.
Bagnaia leads a surprise rookie one-two ahead of Quartararo, during Friday practice for the Italian MotoGP at Mugello. The pair hit the front as most riders fitted soft rear tyres for the final minutes.
Maverick Vinales says he was powerless in trying to stay on his Monster Yamaha after being hit by Francesco Bagnaia but feels his lowly qualifying result triggered events leading to his French MotoGP DNF.
After the disappointment of a DNF due to wing damage in Qatar, MotoGP rookie Francesco Bagnaia has made strides up the results sheets, with a 14th in Argentina being followed by ninth place at COTA.
Forced out of his Qatar MotoGP debut by a broken wing, Moto2 champion Francesco Bagnaia claimed his first premier-class points with 14th place in Argentina.
Francesco Bagnaia's hopes of a strong MotoGP debut effectively ended at turn one of the Qatar Grand Prix. Contact with Pramac predecessor Danilo Petrucci broke the upper section of Bagnaia's right wing, altering the behaviour of the reigning Moto2 world champion's Ducati.