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A big basketball fan, Pecco Bagnaia had the opportunity to make a dream come true this week. The two-time MotoGP world champion is currently visiting Los Angeles with his wife, Domizia. They took the opportunity to go watch a match of the local team, the Lakers.
The legendary NBA championship team had planned the move, and therefore received the Ducati rider by offering him a jersey bearing his image, printed with the number 63, with which he will ride again during the 2025 MotoGP season. He who was unable to renew the wearing of No. 1 for a third consecutive year after his defeat in Barcelona, against Jorge Martin. Bagnaia and his wife then attended the Lakers game, positioned just behind the team's sidelines.
The Italian has never hidden his attraction to basketball, and even celebrated it last year in Valencia. Crowned world champion for the second time in 2023, he stopped at turn 1 of the Ricardo Tormo circuit with his team, to score a basket, and show that his objective had been achieved.
