In 2023, Fabio Di Giannantonio had a tumultuous season, moving from the Gresini team to the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team after the unexpected arrival of Marc Marquez within Nadia Padovani's structure. Despite these changes, he produced excellent performances at the end of the season, even taking victory in Qatar. For the 2024 MotoGP season, he officially joins Valentino Rossi's team, with a new bike, the Ducati Desmosedici GP23.
During the team presentation, Di Giannantonio expressed his confidence in the collaboration with Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team. He highlighted the team's potential to progress and achieve excellent results. He also spoke about the changes, including the new colors and the new team, while being enthusiastic about getting back on the track.
Fabio DiGiannantonio shared his experience from early testing with the team in Valencia, noting that the new bike, the Ducati Desmosedici GP23, was slightly better in almost every area. He praised the professionalism of the team and expressed his belief in the possibility of making a good start from the first race in Qatar.
Fabio Di Giannantonio: “ Valentino Rossi, the greatest of all time, will look over my shoulder and give me some advice »
When addressing the question of his motivation, Di Giannantonio said the only thing that matters to him is not having a star next to his name in the statistics, thus emphasizing his desire to become world champion. He also claimed that neither Marc Marquez nor can anyone else motivate him more than his own goal: « the goal is to be the best and I believe that is the best motivation. No Marc Marquez or anyone else can be a better motivation ».
Precisely, on his objectives for the season, Di Giannantonio aims to develop as a driver and improve his performance compared to the previous year. Its objective is to be regularly in the top 5, capitalizing on the fantastic end to the 2023 season. He highlighted the importance of testing at Sepang and Qatar to prepare as best as possible for the first race.
Despite the team changes, Di Giannantonio remains confident and motivated, emphasizing that the team Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team is a large structure in MotoGP. He also noted that the advantage of having Valentino Rossi as boss will be of great help, because the “Doctor” will be able to give him valuable advice: “ because the GOAT, the greatest of all time, will look over my shoulder and give me some advice. This is the main difference ».
