Pecco Bagnaia has graduated MotoGP world champion for the second time in his career. The Ducati rider won today’s race in Valencia, the icing on the cake of another fantastic season, a spectacular but unnecessary victory since his rival, Spaniard Jorge Martin, crashed with 22 laps to go.
However, Bagnaia, the new symbol of MotoGP in Italy after the retirement of Valentino Rossi (his friend, by the way), is also a huge basketball fan. It was a well-known fact, and in the past the Turin driver himself had paid tribute to a basketball great like Dennis Rodman by wearing a custom case. Today, after winning the World Championship, he did more: to celebrate, he dunked a basket on the sidelines., a tribute to his second passion after motorcycles.
SLAM DUNK TO HIS 2nd #MotoGP title 🏀@PeccoBagnaia, this moment is all yours! 👏#BACK2BACKgnaia 🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/eILI9AHAEt
– MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 26, 2023
Not only that, Pecco Bagnaia also put on his finger. three rings to symbolize the three World Championships won (one in Moto2 and two in MotoGP) just as NBA champions do.
Three world titles. Three rings. 💍#BACK2BACKgnaia 🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/V0ta1ZLJd5
– MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 26, 2023
Milan, Italy. A graduate in Labor Management and Communication for Organizations from Catholic University, I founded BasketUniverso in 2011. Yes, I root for Orlando Magic and do my best not to hide it.
