Pecco Bagnaia dominated the Ducati Race of Champions, his first appearance since drink driving incident

Bagnaia admitted to failing a breathalyser test after crashing his 🧜car while in Ibiza during MotoGP’s summer break - he was labelled “an idiot” b🐷y Keith Huewen, who added that the rider’s career should not be affected by the mistake.
The Italian was back on a bike during World D♕ucati Week 2022, 💟the showpiece annual event, and he stormed to victory in the main race.
The Race of Champions brought Ducati rider🏅s from different championships together on the same track - Danilo Petrucci and Alvaro🌜 Bautista were among the entrants.
Bagnaia had qualified fastest then led the eight-laඣp race in Misano, Italy, fro꧃m start to finish.
Mooney VR46 duo Marini and Bezzecchi completed the podium bu𝓡t could not challenge Bagnaia.
Jack Miller, Enea Bastianini and Jorge Martin w✅ere fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.
Bagnaia finished in 12'57.901.
Federico Caricasulo, the WorldSBK rider for Althea Racing, finished 13th overall but topped a separ🌟ate podium for riders who raced on the Ducati V2.
Ducati Race of Champions 2022 results | ||||
Position | Rider | Team | Bike | Time |
1 | Pecco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati V4 | 12'57.901 |
2 | Luca Marini | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati V4 | +0.696 |
3 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati V4 | +1.722 |
4 | Jack Miller | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati V4 | +4.182 |
5 | Enea Bastianini | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati V4 | +7.051 |
6 | Jorge Martin | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati V4 | +7.873 |
7 | Axel Bassani | Motorcorsa Racing | Ducati V4 | +9.167 |
8 | Johann Zarco | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati V4 | +10.331 |
9 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati V4 | +13.826 |
10 | Luca Bernardi | Barni Spark Racing Team | Ducati V4 | +16.261 |
11 | Danilo Petrucci | Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati Team | Ducati V4 | +19.572 |
12 | Philipp Ottl | Team Go Eleven | Ducati V4 | +21.199 |
13 | Federico Caricasulo | Althea Racing | Ducati V2 | +32.123 |
14 | Nicholas Spinelli | Barni Spark Racing Team | Ducati V2 | +32.123 |
15 | Maximilian Kofler | CM Racing Team | Ducati V2 | +32.817 |
16 | Oliver Bayliss | Barni Spark Racing Team | Ducati V2 | +39.345 |
17 | Federico Fuligni | D34G Racing | Ducati V2 | +43.286 |
18 | Alvaro Bautista | Racing-Ducati | Ducati V4 | +48.287 |
19 | Michael Rinaldi | Aruba.it Racing-Ducati | Ducati V4 | +48.291 |
20 | Michele Pirro | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati v4 | +five laps |
What next for Pecco Bagnaia?

Bagnaia s🥃its fourth in the MotoGP standings behind Fabio Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro and Johann Zarco.
MotoGP returns from its summer break at Silverstone fo💃r the British Grand Prix on August 5-7.
He will be under the spotlight after his drink driving incident in Ibiza, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:💦the latest episode in a tumultuous 2022 season.
Will it effect how Bagnaia performs upon his ꦆreturn?

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything꧟ from American sports, to football, to F1.