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Francesco Bagnaia

Moto2 World ChampionshipActive years20172018ManufacturersKalexChampionships1 (2018)2018 championship position1st (306 pts)Moto3 World ChampionshipActive years20132016ManufacturersFTRHonda (2013)
KTM (2014)
Mahindra (20152016)Championships02016 championship position4th (145 pts)

Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia ( ; born 14 January 1997) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in MotoGP for the Ducati Lenovo Team. He is the 2022 and 2023MotoGP World Riders' Champion.

Bagnaia was the 2018 Moto2 World Champion. He is the first and only rider from Valentino Rossi's VR46 Riders Academy to win a world title in the premier class. His 2022 title was also the first Ducati rider World Championship in 15 years and the first for an Italian rider since Rossi in 2009.