JAKARTA - Francesco Bagnaia took another podium at the Grand Prix of The Americas, which was held on Sunday afternoon at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas.
Starting from pole position, the Ducati Lenovo Team rider had slipped to fifth position after a few laps. He tried to get back up to fight for the podium again.
After passing team mate Jack Miller and then Jorge Martin, Bagnaia appeared aggressive to take on his fellow Ducati riders in the remaining three laps.
The member of the VR46 racer academy took third place behind his direct rival in the championship, Fabio Quartararo. While the first position was won by Marc Marquez.
After the day's race, Pecco - as he is called Bagnaina - remains second in the overall standings, 52 points behind Frenchman Quartararo.
Bagnaia was born 14 January 1997. He became the 2018 Moto2 World Champion after winning 8 races during that season and became the second rider from the VR46 academy to win the world title after Franco Morbidelli.
The Turin born man was quite successful in Minimoto and he won the European MiniGP championship in 2009. Bagnaia made his Mediterranean championship pre-GP 125 debut with the Monlau Competición team in 2010 and finished 2nd in the championship.
In the 2012 CEV Moto3 season he rode a Honda NSF250R and finished 3rd in the championship behind Alex Márquez and Luca Amato with three podiums in seven races.
After two seasons in the Moto2 category championship, Bagnaia was promoted to MotoGP with Pramac Ducati. He was offered a ride in MotoGP in 2018 with the same team after his sparkling rookie season in 2017.
Pecco managed to take four podiums and finished 5th in the championship behind Franco Morbidelli, Thomas Luthi, Miguel Oliveira and Alex Márquez. He finally decided to stay and was determined to win the title.
In 2021, Bagnaia moved to the factory Ducati team Lenovo alongside his former Pramac team-mate Jack Miller. He qualified for pole position ahead of team-mate Miller and factory Yamaha riders Fabio Quartararo and Maverick Vinales at Losail. This marks his first pole position in MotoGP.
While competing in the American GP, Pecco took pole position for the third time this season, continuing his success in the previous two series in Aragon and San Marino.
This achievement also made Bagnaia follow in the footsteps of the teacher and MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi. The Doctor did it three times in a row in 2009, from the Sachsenring to Brno.
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