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Francesco Bagnaia

1997 - Today

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Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia ( bə-NY-EYE-ə; born 14 January 1997) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in MotoGP for the Ducati Lenovo Team. He is the 2022 and 2023 MotoGP 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Francesco Bagnaia is the 755th most popular racing driver (down from 692nd in 2024), the 4,289th most popular biography from Italy (down from 4,220th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Francesco Bagnaia ranks 755 out of 1,080. Before him are Nico Prost, André Testut, Jackie Lewis, Colin Edwards, Bobby Rahal, and Hap Sharp. After him are Peter Ashdown, Jimmie Johnson, William Ferguson, Lucas di Grassi, Peter Ryan, and Tomáš Enge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Francesco Bagnaia ranks 89. Before him are Wang Yibo, Afra Saraçoğlu, Yuliya Levchenko, Egan Bernal, Dominik Mysterio, and Axel Tuanzebe. After him are Gonzalo Montiel, Jacob Elordi, Angeliño, Arnaut Danjuma, Belinda Bencic, and Konrad Laimer.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Bagnaia ranks 4,290 out of 5,161. Before him are Gilberto Simoni (1971), Marco Storari (1977), Laura Boldrini (1961), Simone Zaza (1991), Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi (1965), and Marco Masini (1964). After him are Mattia Perin (1992), Sebastiano Nela (1961), Vito Mannone (1988), Alessandro Lucarelli (1977), Berel Lazar (1964), and Federico Macheda (1991).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Francesco Bagnaia ranks 108. Before him are Luigi Piotti (1913), Domenico Schiattarella (1967), Antonio Giovinazzi (1993), Andrea Dovizioso (1986), Claudio Langes (1960), and Lucio Cecchinello (1969). After him are Giorgio Pantano (1979), Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2006), Emanuele Naspetti (1968), Rinaldo Capello (1964), Gigi Galli (1973), and Marco Melandri (1982).

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