Fabio Di Giannantonio will make his debut for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 team in MotoGP in the 2024 season, riding the Ducati Desmosedici GP23. In view of the latest Sepang tests, this situation marks a significant progression for Di Giannantonio, who was already on a Ducati, but previous specification GP22, last year. Which is not the case for everyone within Valentino Rossi's team...
After the tests at Sepang, Fabio DiGiannantonio has indeed expressed his satisfaction with the progress made and the potential of his new motorcycle. He highlighted the notable improvement over his previous experience with the GP22, stating that the GP23 allowed him to be much faster. Despite this, he also admitted that he was still missing something to compete with the leaders: “ although we have better start than the last time we were at Sepang, we lacked something compared to the leaders, but we worked well in the last few days » commented “DiGia”.
Fabio Di Giannantonio: “ I immediately felt the potential and the progress made »
In his own words, By Giannantonio expressed his satisfaction with the work accomplished and the good feeling he has with the bike. These statements reveal his growing confidence in his ability to perform with the Desmosedici GP23, while emphasizing his constant desire to improve to reach the top positions: “ I immediately felt the potential and the progress made. I can be much faster than with the bike I had last year. I am satisfied, the feeling with the bike is very good ».
Left the team Gresini to make room for Marc Marquez, Fabio Di Giannantonio joined the Pertamina Enduro VR46 team and his transition to the Ducati GP23 is obviously going much better than that of his teammate Marco Bezzecchi, third in the last championship and who currently regrets his old GP22.
During the tests in Malaysia, he continued to be in difficulty, a situation exacerbated by the more than encouraging performances displayed by his new teammate. Given the delta in terms of ranking observed so far between the two men, it is the leading position within the VR46 which risks being played out from the start of the championship MotoGP au Qatar March 8… A Grand Prix that the Italian won so brilliantly last year.
