Team: Ducati Lenovo (factory) Bike: GP21 Wins: 4 Podiums: 9 Best Qualifying: 1st (x6) Fastest Lap: 4 DNFs: 2 Championship position: 2nd One rider led 34% of the racing laps in MotoGP this season - and it wasn't world champion Fabio Quartararo, but runner-up Francesco Bagnaia. Parachuted into the factory Ducati team after Andrea Dovizioso's departure, Bagnaia arrived with just a single podium to show for two injury-interrupted seasons at Pramac where, in his own modest words, he "only felt fast once or twice". But he soon began to thrive in the factory environment, three podiums from the opening four rounds putting him just a single point behind Quartararo heading to his home...
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