With Nadia Padovani, it is one of the very beautiful stories seen in this first part of the MotoGP season and she nestles within a Gresini team which could have foundered with the disappearance of its eponymous boss named Fausto. Carried away by Covid-19, the former Italian world champion who became a great team boss left behind strong human values that his family and professional entourage wanted to perpetuate, as if to give him a part of eternity. With his courageous widow Nadia Padovini at the helm and his sons at his side, Ducatis arrived with Enea Bastianini and Fabio Di Giannantonio in whom the deceased believed from the very first hours. On the track, all this beauty responded, with three victories, podiums and even a pole position for the rookie.
Nadia Padovini overcame the grief, the emptiness to take up the MotoGP gauntlet that her late husband had to leave behind, devastated by Covid-19. The misfortune that struck the clan Gresini didn't shoot anyone. On the contrary. Nadia Padovani took over the Gresini Racing Team and resolutely continued her husband's ambitious MotoGP projects with the support of her sons Luca and Lorenzo and commercial director Carlo Merlini.
The result, we know it: three victories ofEnea Bastianini, a pole position of Fabio DiGiannantonio are the feats of arms observed after 11 races with the new Ducati, in place of Aprilia who were in the box for the last seven seasons.
Nadia Padovani: “ a woman obviously has to prove even more than a man«
There are still 9 events left to impress and in the meantime, Nadia Padovani was honored by the city of Faenza as Entrepreneur of the Year. She distinguished herself by “ his passion and determination with whom she led the family business Gresini Racing to important results from a sporting and entrepreneurial point of view at international level ».
« Taking over the business was the most natural thing possible, even if it wasn't very easy. Because a woman obviously has to prove even more than a man. I didn't want to give up, I wanted to show that a woman can also lead a MotoGP team. That's why I want to say to all women: never give up ”, said the message from Nadia Padovani read on speedweek. " Standing on the podium with Enea Bastianini and holding that trophy up to the sky in honor of Fausto was the realization of a big dream – his dream », she told the “RavennaToday” news portal. Respect.
