Giacomo Agostini, the rider with the most titles in the history of the MotoGP World Championship: “Do you have any advice for Bagnaia? Nothing. He is not here by chance.”

Pecco Bagnaia In the championship, there was a year to forget in 2025. MotoGP. The Italian started as the favorite to fight for the title. Marc MarquezHowever, the Spaniard destroyed the official Ducati, and the Turinian won only two races, suffering dozens of crashes. In the end, he finished the year in fifth place overall, but his morale was at rock bottom.

The big unknown is how 2026 will start, which is supposed to be a clean slate for the three-time world champion. And another champion talked about it. In fact, no one has more titles than him. Giacomo AgostinYo. The 15-time World Championship winner reflected on his compatriot’s situation at the Pramac Racing Yamaha presentation in a statement to GPOne.

”Do you have any advice for Pecco? none. Bagnaia is a great driver and has won many titles, but it is no coincidence that he is here. This is a difficult time for him. Of course I think it’s a moral issue. Maybe he’s a little disappointed because his initial expectations didn’t work out and he lacked morale.. But the talent is already there, so we also have to wait a little bit to get back to where we were before. So we hope it works. ”

Doubts will begin to be answered with the first pre-season test in Sepang from February 3rd. But first, the official Ducati team must present the Desmosedici GP26 at Madonna di Campiglio on January 19th.

The Italian also answered about Marc Marquez’s future. There are rumors that he could return to Honda in the near future, but Agostini is not too upset about what he can do.

“Will he stay at Ducati or go back to Honda? I don’t know. It’s difficult because I don’t know what the bikes will be like in 2027, but How will it be developed or which factories will best function during this period?” he said in conclusion.