Fausto Gresini is one of the essential men in the Grand Prix paddock. He has been surveying it for years and has known it both as a driver and now as team manager of an eponymous team. He claims two world titles as a driver in 1985 and 1987 and three as team manager (2001, 2010 and 2018). He is in all three Grand Prix categories: Gresini Racing Team Moto3, Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 and Aprilia Racing Team, Gresini. MotoGP… What is the most difficult discipline? Not what you might think, according to the Italian…
In an interview reported by Motosan, Fausto Gresini first looks at his journey as a team manager. With legitimate pride: “I am very proud to have won this championship in 2018. This is my third success as a team manager. More or less, the average is one title every 8 years: Daijiro Kato (2001) Tony Elijah (2010) et Jorge Martín (2018) ».
Certainly, but the last one falls under Moto3. So he would be the least prestigious in the series? The boss corrects: “ Despite its complexity, MotoGP is more forgiving. Moto3 is a mini MotoGP and it must be treated in the same way. We need many tests, great professionalism and we look for everything necessary for competitiveness. In Moto3, there are few horses, so if you make a mistake, you're done.".
In 2019, Gresini will start from a clean sheet with two new drivers: « Jorge Martín will be at Red Bull KTM Ajo in Moto2 and at Honda, they are a little angry. But they can't complain because they don't have a structure in Moto2. Di Giannantonio, for his part, will drive for Speed Up Racing. I wanted to keep him for one more season in Moto3. I regret losing them both.”
gabriel rodrigo et Ricardo Rossi will take over: “Gabriel Rodrigo is very strong, he reminds me of Martin when he arrived with us. He finished sixth in 2018 and the top four moved to Moto2. In addition, its technical manager will be Massimo Capanna, who worked with Martin last year.
Fausto Gresini ends on his MotoGP adventure with Aprilia: “a few years ago the Ducati was considered the worst bike on the grid and today it has the best technology that no one has. Furthermore, Fabrizio Cecchini arrives, like Massimo Rivola, former director of Ferrari ». This added to the new adventure in MotoE, it's nothing to say that we will still hear about Gresini in 2019...
