A motorsport country is going crazy: Italy celebrates Bagnaia & Ducati

Ducati rider Bagnaia secured the MotoGP title on Sunday and won the final duel at the Valencia Grand Prix with defending champion Fabio Quartararo on a Yamaha ( SportNews berichtete ).

The 25-year-old from Turin is the first Italian MotoGP champion since Valentino Rossi in 2009. And a long dry spell also came to an end for the Piedmontese's racing team: Ducati won a world title for the first and last time to date in 2007, back then with the legendary Casey Stoner. So it's understandable that the motorsport nation Italy, which is hungry for success, is upside down - especially since this is the first time in 50 years that an Azzurro becomes world champion with an Italian team. The last time this feat was achieved was by the legendary Giacomo Agostini in 1972.

Giacomo Agostini was the last Italian world champion on an Italian motorcycle. © ANSA / --

The success is celebrated accordingly in Ducati country. The otherwise football-heavy daily newspaper Journal of Sport did not devote the largest space on its front page to the Serie A classic between Juventus and Inter or the Roman football derby on Sunday, but to the new motorsport hero. The pink sheet bore the headline in bold letters: “ITALIA VROOM”. It was celebrated with similar euphoria in other media.

Mattarella, Rossi and Juve stars: everyone congratulates Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Bagnaia diligently congratulated the President via Twitter Sergio Mattarella invited him to the Quirinal Palace on November 16th. Also a motorsport icon Valentino Rossi, who has repeatedly identified himself as a supporter of Bagnaia in the past, praised the 25-year-old on his social media channels. Along with a series of photos together, he posted: “Bravo Pecco! Today was a fantastic Sunday!”

The native of Turin, who has been a die-hard Juve fan since childhood, should be particularly happy about the following greeting from “his” football stars Leonardo Bonucci, Federico Chiesa, Manuel Locatelli and Dusan Vlahovic have prepared.

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And what does Bagnaia himself say about his big coup? The northern Italian, who is considered a down-to-earth family man and has been in a relationship with his childhood sweetheart Domizia Castagnini for years, was not a man of loud tones even in the hours of his triumph. On Sunday evening, he sent an emotional declaration of love to his motorcycle on social media platforms, in which he reported on a “common promise” and explained that red has always been a part of him and is now “the most beautiful story ever.” had been written.

In his hometown of Chivasso, just outside the Piedmontese capital, thousands of fans gathered in the Piazza d'Armi on Sunday afternoon. During the race, they created an atmosphere that is only known from football stadiums with chants, flags and fireworks. After the World Cup triumph was secured, there was ultimately no stopping them. Now Chivasso, Turin, Piedmont and all of motorsport Italy are waiting for their new great MotoGP hero to return home.

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A motorsport country is going crazy: Italy celebrates Bagnaia & Ducati

50 years have passed since an Italian became world champion on an Italian motorcycle. Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia broke this spell. Now the sports world in the boot state is at his feet.

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