The hidden meaning of Francesco Bagnaia's celebration after winning at the 2023 Mandalika MotoGP will be reviewed by Okezone. In his statement, the ear-opening celebration carried out by Pecco Bagnaia - Francesco Bagnaia's nickname - was to satirize people who had criticized him.

As is known, Francesco Bagnaia managed to emerge as the winner of the 2023 Mandalika MotoGP. The 15th MotoGP 2023 series race was held at the Mandalika Circuit, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Sunday (15/10/2023) afternoon WIB.

Even though he started from 13th place, Pecco Bagnaia was able to finish in pole position after appearing fierce for 27 laps at the Mandalika Circuit. The Ducati Lenovo star successfully caught Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing) who finished in second place, and Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) in third place.

Francesco Bagnaia conquered the Mandalika Circuit with a record time of 41 minutes 20.293 seconds. The racer trained by Valentino Rossi was 0.306 seconds ahead of Maverick Vinales who won second on the podium, and 0.433 seconds ahead of Fabio Quartararo in third place.

Interestingly, Francesco Bagnaia was seen celebrating with his ears open after becoming the 2023 Indonesian MotoGP champion. In fact, he did it several times, including when doing cooldown laps, and even when he climbed the podium at the Mandalika Circuit.

Not long ago, Pecco Bagnaia explained that his ear-opening celebration was to insinuate people who had criticized him that he would lose the title in MotoGP 2023. He thought that his critics were talking too much.

“Sometimes people talk too much. It's better to wait and talk later. "That's the reason (behind the celebration)," said Francesco Bagnaia, quoted from Speed Week..

Thanks to his victory at the 2023 Mandalika MotoGP, Francesco Bagnaia has returned to the top of the MotoGP racer standings with a score of 346 points. He is 18 points ahead of Jorge Martin who dropped to second place.