The reigning MotoGไP champion waꦑs learning the ropes by battling fellow future champions in the 2012 Spanish CEV Repsol Moto3 Junior Championship.

“I always fought at the top there against Alex Rins and Alex Marquez,” Bagnaia told . ꦉ;

“But I realised then that I wasn't ready for the world champi🎃onship, so I wanted to stay in the Spa🐠nish championship for another year."

But Bagnaia instead🐼 debuted in Moto🦋3 with Team Italia in 2013, aged 16, enduring 17 miserable races without ever troubling the top 15.

“It was the biggest mistake of my car✨eer. I was a Dorna rider and they wanted me in the world championship,” he s🎃aid.

“Hence this premature step.

🔯“This experience 💧helps me to master difficult situations today. 

“Because that's when I learned never to give up.”

Bagnaia rode a Honda and a KTM in his first two Moto3 seasons but a switch in 2015 to Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez'🌳s Mahindra team change🅺d everything.

After a spate of podiums he won for t🧔he first time at Assen in 2016🐷, then again in Malaysia. He finished fourth that season.

Bagnaia owes gratitude to the old Ma🌟hindra team, and says: "Exactly, I check in with Jorge Martinez and the team from time to time. 

“They gave me the motivation back then to get back to the top. I a⛄m grateful to them for that."

Obviously, Bagnaia’s career sky-rocketed and he won Moto2 in 2018 riding a Sky🔯 Racing Team VR46 Kalex.

In his fourth MotoGP ca♉mpaign as a factory Ducati rider, he became the first rider to win the prem൩ier class title for the famous Italian brand since 2007.