The Gresini troops were the first to display Ducati on the official presentation calendar, a few days before the Borgo Panigale factory team. The Desmosedici of chef Nadia Padovani who has magnificently taken over from her late husband Fausto Gresini will have two GP22s in their box with a little more red on the fairings than last year. While Fabio Di Giannantonio will attack his second season in this pit as in MotoGP, his new teammate Alex Marquez will have everything to discover coming from a Honda. But he knows he will have to learn quickly to relaunch a career that got bogged down with the RC213V.
The Roman pilot Fabio DiGiannantonio is eager to take back the collar and show what he is capable of with a good Ducati GP22 which will be technically well supported. Its new chief engineer is indeed none other than Frankie Carchedi, from Suzuki and linchpin of the title MotoGP de Joan mir in 2020 on the GSX-RR. A size therefore, which should avoid the outbursts of “DiGia” on its social network, observed and misinterpreted last year.
The Italian commented: “ we start 2023 with an extra pinch of red: red with determination, passion, fire… There is a great desire to continue to grow and do well. We want to approach this season race by race, knowing that now is the right time: the top10 must be the norm and the top5 must be seen as a real objective. The team is very mobilized and I have trained 300% for this year and we are ready! ».
Alex Marquez: “seeing this Gresini team so united and ready excites me"
An enthusiasm that we also feel in the newcomer Alex Marquez perfectly aware of the stakes in this 2023 vintage: “ it will be a key year for my sporting career. The change of team and being on a Ducati gives me extra motivation to succeed and be a competitive rider in the world championship ».
He added : " today is a very special day: seeing this team so united and ready excites me. Being here at this presentation is a very special thing. Seeing so much desire and so much ambition in the team and in the people who came to see us today is something that I really like.. Now the work begins with a good pre-season to arrive at the first Portimao race at 100%. The objective will be to make a good start to the championship because this will set the tone for the whole of 2023: we have the tools and the desire to do well. Obviously it won't be easy but the attitude in these cases helps a lot ". The next meeting with the Gresini team and his colleagues is now set for the February 10, 11 and 12 for the first tests of the season, at the SIC, Sepang International Circuit.
