Fabio Di Giannantonio was the sensation of this very end of the MotoGP season. The one who owes everything to the late Fausto Gresini, and until his arrival in MotoGP, seemed not to be able to cross the threshold allowing him to be identified as an essential part of the elite starting grid. Until the evidence of his end of the journey became clear to him, a life-saving shock that suddenly placed him at the top of the hierarchy. A metamorphosis such as he achieved at the Qatar Grand Prix, a success giving him the key to integrating, under the leadership of boss Valentino Rossi, the VR46 team... Where the team's team manager, Pablo Nieto, welcomes…
Fabio DiGiannantonio was a choice imposed by Valentino Rossi to his close colleagues who are Uccio Salucci et Paul Grandson. His victory at Losail was the determining factor, legitimizing his hiring as a teammate Marco Bezzecchi, with whom we will have to establish a healthy relationship.
A situation that the Spanish team manager admits he did not really anticipate: “ we can't deny it, we were aiming Fermin Aldeguer » he said on DAZN in comments echoed by Motoracing. " But the step taken by Fabio during the last Grands Prix changed the cards on the table. We can say that with the end of the season that Diggia competed from Australia, he is one of the two or three best drivers of the year ».
« With Fabio Di Giannantonio, for the first time we open the doors to a driver who is not part of the Academy »
He adds : " for the first time we are opening the doors to a driver who is not part of the Academy and now it's time to start getting to know each other, to have good relations with him and to work ».
Then he explains, thus showing that we are not only spying on each other between manufacturers, but also between private teams: “ he comes from the Gresini Racing team, which is a very good team, and we need to get information to see where they are better and where we can improve. This will raise the level of the team a lot ».
We will remember that during the first contact validated during the Valencia test, Fabio DiGiannantonio commented : " the team welcomed me very well and I felt at home. I had good feelings and everyone helped me. I think with Marco Bezzecchi we can push each other, work well together and bring the team to the top. Now is the time to get good results and I am in the right place to do it ».
