The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team is approaching with Franco Morbidelli et Fabio DiGiannantonio the Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimão, offering us one of the three remaining suspenseful races before the season finale MotoGP 2025.
If the first two places in the championship are already secured by the siblings Marquezand that the third is currently being contested between Marco Bezzecchi et Francis BagnaiaThe VR46 is playing us back from behind Peter Acosta the same scene as last year, with its two drivers neck and neck as they approached the final finish line.
Last year, Fabio DiGiannantonio et Marco Bezzecchi, the two holders of the structure of Valentino Rossi, had progressed in parallel before joining four Grand Prix from the finish, with the Roman finally taking a 12-point advantage over the native of Rimini for 10th place.
This year, with particularly intertwined curves, only 1 point separates them Franco Morbidelli et Fabio DiGiannantonio fighting for 6th place, two stages from the white line!
Even though we cannot compare what is not comparable, the Tavullia team has therefore generally progressed and offered a high-level internal struggle.
She arrives in Portimão for the Portuguese Grand Prix with positive feelings after the weekend in Sepang two weeks ago, which concluded the Asian part of the championship.
Franco Morbidelli is ready to tackle the Portuguese Grand Prix with renewed energy, after coming so close to the podium in Malaysia and demonstrating great competitiveness. #21, currently 6th in the World Championship with 227 points, finished 3rd at this circuit in 2020.
“It will be a difficult weekend, as Portimão is a very demanding circuit. We'll see how it goes. We're coming off a very positive weekend in Sepang, where we completely erased the bad feeling from Australia, so I'm really happy. I'm also very satisfied with the level we've reached and are currently showing. We're super motivated for the end of the season.”
Fabio Di Giannantonio is also delighted to be back in Europe, eager to confirm the positive feeling he's had with his temperamental Ducati GP25. #49 arrives in Portimao in 7th place in the World Championship with 226 points.
“I hope we can start this weekend even closer to the ideal setup, so we can fight for the podium. We’ve already shown on several occasions that when we have the right feeling, we’re capable of fighting for the top three, or even the win. So the goal in Portimao is to push from the start to stay among the front positions.”
