Francesco Bagnaia must “accept some results off the podium”, says Ducati boss Davide Tardozzi

Bagnaia enters the 2023 season as the reigning champion after claiming glory at the final round of 2022, pipping 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo.
Neither 2020 champion Joan Mir nor 2021 champion Quaꦰrtararo were able to defend their maiden championships, and Ducati’s team manager has now warned Bagnaia that he must be willing to fight through disappointing weekends in order to stay focused on his goal.
"I think Pecco still needs to perfect some ꦦthings,” said Tardozzi.
"He was perfect in some ๊races in 2022, but he made mistakes in so♚me other races of the world championship.
“And he must impr🌺o🍒ve this aspect for 2023: sometimes you have to settle for a position that is not number one.
♐“If he wants to win the title in 2023, he also has to accept some results off the 😼podium.
“It's a difficult task to finish all 42 races, but I think one of the keys to success will be scoring points at every oppor💜tunity."
The addition of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP Sprint races will add difficulty to a gruelling 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 MotoGP calendar.

"2023 will definitely be a difficult year with 42 races. So it will be really complicated to win the world championship again and our opponents are very strong, but Pecco and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini have good skills to play for the title.”
Bagnaia will run the #1 plate as the defending champion, and Tardozzi said: "Ofꦍ course it's gratifying to see #1 again.
"We deserve it, Pecco deserves it above all and i🌊f you are a champion in my opinion you must have the #1 on the bike. So I think he made the right decision.ꦏ”
A major challenge for Bagnaia could come from the other side of his 𒅌own garage.

Bastianini, promoted from Gres💦ini to Ducati’s factory team, has ambition and the hunger to battle Bagnaia for the title.
"Despite what I read from journalists, I t✃hink that ꦑPecco and Enea will have no problems,” Tardozzi said.
“They worked very well together at the Valencia test, t💙hey have breakfast together and chat So I think they're going to get along very well.
“The goal remains the same and it is 🍸hoped that even 💛in 2023 there will be tough battles for victory between them. That's what we want, we'll see who will be the best.
“But once again: we have tough opponents and they have to wor🌼k well together to keep improving the bike, then the track will show us who is the fastest."

Jam🤡es was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering eꦇverything from American sports, to football, to F1.