According to this he confirmed that himself. https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/motogp-bagnaia-road-crash-alcohol/10333583/
I read once that drivers in F1 can't compete if they lose their road licence. Can someone compete in MotoGP without a road licence?
Indeed they need a valid license, to keep their ACU legal. When I got passed for my road racing license I realized it was a non fiscal managable hobbie so didn't carry it forth.
I don't know about today but it's possible that leniency might be applied as it's his job. Anyone remember Gerry Marshall who used to drive modified Vauxhalls quite quickly? I know it's controversial but sad news overall afaic - a moment of madness.
He was caught in Spain, he is Italian, they can't revoke his licence, only ban him from driving in Spain.
You don’t need a road licence to have a race licence. A lot of top racers don’t have road licences. not sure on the legalities. All I know is I think it’s mega that GP riders put hire cars in ditches as well. You can’t loose you licence in a country that isn’t the place of issue of your licence either. Speaking from experience .. lol
It was Ibiza wasn't it? I that Rossi was in Ibiza also, not that it matters but sounds like a VR46 booze up!
You don’t need a licence for the road if you so choose ask booty…. Yes you just need an ACU licence? Do tell.
That's a race per limit i.e. 3 times over the limit, 3 race ban. Virtue signalling nonsense? Would they ever go through with it?
Fed up with things these days. Where’s the spice ? don’t get that in club racing. I’ve seen dudes throwing up through their visor in Parc fermé before going out for quali (and putting it on pole I might add) from the skinful they had the night before. uk race paddocks have a large dark cloud above them, mostly from the copious amounts of weed that gets smoked over a race weekend. You don’t get that so much in bsb, it’s more motorhome doors going in the dark of night as riders finger each other’s girlfriends and borrow each other’s hair gel for those boys.
Someone must have advised him to come out with his shitty after party driving. Very American way of coping with your own shit, if you ask me. « Oh I cheated on my wife all right. But look, I am making public amend and this means I am a good person. Right? » Universally stupid and so fecking hypocrit…
If Ducati fail to acknowledge his misdemeanours in some way (be that by invoking some sort of punitive arrangement or not), then it might appear that they are in effect ignoring it. With Bagnaia being an employee and part of the face of the brand, I can't imagine Ducati will let this one slide without some repercussions for him, however minor or not they may be. Unfortunately, despite the fact that this happened totally outside of the remit of his contractual job, and did not compromise his actual role, in the modern age, everyone it seems need to be squeaky clean, lest be lambasted by the media and the swathe of Twitterati keyboard warriors.
TBH in the age of "trial by opinion" and the reliance of Ducati on their brand reputation / race sponsors it's very unsurprising. If Ducati don't punish then it'll be seen that they condone. I'd be astonished that as a public face of Ducati there isn't something in his contract about causing reputational harm, whether on the clock or not. Drink driving isn't cool, the outcome could have been very different but that's all "what if". Pecco appears to have been impaired enough to tip off the road and foolish enough to get caught and have it reported, he knows what his job is and what's at stake if his conduct slips. Best thing for Pecco is to show remorse, take the punishment and move on. There's a playbook for these things and if he's seen to be contrite and humbled by it then there'll be no story to report other than "what ifs".
I can believe it, and the media love a good story... rich young racers being "troubled" makes for headlines.
