A year ago the motorcycle racing legend brought down the curtain on his famous career in Valencia but now could see a product of his VR46 Academy step into𝐆 his place.

Bagnaia is aiming to become the first Italian 🌠MotoGP champion since Rossꦬi in 2009, and the first from VR46 to win in the premier class.

Rossi, now 43, is a nine-time world champion with seven in the p🧸remier cla🍰ss.

Bagnaia is 23 points ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo in the 2022 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings heading into the season finale.

He has turned around an a🤪stonishing 91-point lead that Quartararo held.

But Bagnaia will be hoping to avoid a nightmare repeat of the 2006 finale when Rossi, who was 🤪leading the standings on the final day after ove🌠rcoming a 51-point deficit, crashed and handed the title to Nicky Hayden.