MotoGP: Ducati: Francesco Bagnaia’s ‘numbers unmistakable, detractors are simply haters’

Ducati Sporting Director, Paolo Ciabatti, has called into question those criticising Francesco Bagnaia ahead of the Italian rider’s potential day of destiny in Valencia, calling them ‘simply haters’, whilst confirming team orders have never been in play throughout the 2022 MotoGP season.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Sepang
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati MotoGP Sepang

Bagnaia is on the verge of winning his first MotoGP world championship and will do so if he fails to lose 24 points to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo at the season-finale in Valencia.

Bagnaia, who was🅠 91 points down on Quar𒁏tararo prior to winning in Assen, has been the standout rider during the second half of the championship.

Yet, it hasn’t stopped unfair comments being made on soꦓcial media in a bid to discredit his potential first title in MotoGP.  

As we saw with Quartararo who took time away from so🎶cial media due to negativity earlier in the s🌳eason, unfair criticism seems to be more and more apparent which is why Ciabatti has hit back at people he calls ‘simply haters’. 

Talking to , Ciabatti said: "Quartararo has also suffered the pressure, so much so that he took a few weeks off from social media. It can bother a rider a lot that there are detractors whatever he does, but you 💙have to understan🦹d that this is today’s world and you also need to learn how to not care. 

"If we look at the races [Bagnai♒a] won, the laps in the lead - all those who speak out on principle, because they prefer other riders or because they see the figure of Valentino in Pecco, they are simply haters, but they can be very bad. 

"If you fail to detach fro🍨m these unjustified comments which come from soc♛ial networks and social media, you risk being hurt. 

"Pecco’s numbers are unmistakable, only those who are inco🌠mpetent or in bad faith can cast doubts about them and we are not interested in these people."&nbౠsp;

Ciabatti also clarified ‘team orders’ ahead of Valencia

As we saw in Sepang, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini was in no mood to settle for se𓂃cond and even attempted🌱 to take the win away from Bagnaia on more than one occasion.

Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini , MotoGP race, Malaysian MotoGP, 23 October
Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini , MotoGP race, Malaysian MotoGP, 23 October

Bastianini then confirmed in the post-race press conference of his intent to win at all costs, which follows on from previous battles between the pair while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller also took points away from Bagnaia in Thailand.

Team orders 🎶haven’t been visible from Ducati, who have insisted all along that riders can go f🦋or the win although they should not put moves on Bagnaia that could be risky.

Keen to clarify Ducati’s position, Ciaba🌊tti added: "Let’s analyse the facts: Bastianini at Misano tried to win to the very last and at Aragon he succeeded, Miller won in Japan and finished ahead of Pecco in Thailand. 

"If there were team orders we would have thought about making Jack slow in Buriram, which also didn’t happen because he was fighting f🅠or the win. 

"Even at Sepang Enea tried, he got in front and then Pecco passed him again. They seem to me to be controversies that arose very early in the s♚eason and that have no objective confirmat𒉰ion."

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