When Andrea Dovizioso called an end to contract negotiations with Ducati in August 2020, the Italian factory opted for youth over experience by picking Francesco Bagnaia to join Pramac team-mate Jack Miller in moving up to its official team for 2021. Ducati's expectation was that Miller, entering his seventh MotoGP season and with ten podiums (one win) under his belt, would be their best bet for the world championship and that Bagnaia, starting his third MotoGP season and with only one podium, would have more of a learning year. "When we decided to bring Jack and Pecco to the factory team, we did it after a second part of the 2020 season where Jack was super competitive and Pecco...
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