Francesco Bagnaia’s sister Carola Bagnaia: “If you confront him, the first answer is no!”

Bagnaia won his first premier class title this year, clawing back at 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo’s 91-point lead in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings and fin🌠ally winning at the final race to complete the biggest-ever comeback.
"He listens to everyone, but if you confront him and tell him something that is the opposite of what he thinks, the first answer will always be a no,” h𓂃is sister told Speedweek.
“But then he thinks about it calmly and understands for🦩 himself. He's very smart in that sense."
Bagnaia crashed five times in 2022 - he is the first rider to win the MoওtoGP title after this many D♕NFs.
“It was difficult after the Sachsenring,” Carola said. “The gap was big, he made a mistake ♔and fell in an important race.
"From that moment on, we all told him: 'Stop thinking about the title, try to have fun driving and focus on improving, also with a view to the future. Improve your limit right now and then 🐈we'll see what happens.'
“And I think that was a bit of a game changer.
"He was condem🔜ned at the beginning of the season - and he was condemned - to win at all costs, this can be a problem if things do not go as expecꦫted.
“He had finished the 2021 season very well, so it was normal toꦫ think like that, but things turned out differently.
“In this situation you have two options: either you change something or youꦺ end up in a negative vortex. Pecco was very good at reversing course.
"He 🥀went his own way. He has bꦐeen and always is very good at staying positive even in difficult times.
“It would b꧋e easy to say 'I am the problem' or 'the bike is the problem'. He doesn't say it, rather he looks for a solution and is very stubborn about it.
“And he always said🎀 that one day he would win the world championship with Duꦦcati.”
"I've never seen him cry like that"

Carola invented the nickname ‘Pecco’ for 💛her brother when they were ch꧟ildren. Today she is a vital part of the Ducati team.
She said about her൲ brother’s reaction after winning the title: "He's someone who is very calm. But the emotions were strong, I've never seen him cry like that. It was a very beautiful moment.”
Carola revealed how Pecco has struggled with social media criticism in the past: "It's part of the game, but obviously it was difficult. If you win you don't care, because⛄ there are criticisms even in that case, but they have less importance.
“If, on the other hand, everything went wrong and you areꦫ going through a difficult time, when you go on social media and read the comments it is clear that it bothers you.
“But then you think about it rationally and say: 'Do we know each other personally? Is this constructive♏ criticism?’
“And a🉐s Pecco said: ‘What remains is 🀅the fact that we won the world title. The rest is just talk’.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ever𝐆ything from American sports, to football, to F1.