Tony Arbolino leads the Moto2 championship after five Grands Prix thanks to four podiums and two victories, a record that the prognosticators would rather have awarded with their eyes closed to Pedro Acosta. But it is indeed the Italian who is dominating this start of the season to the point that he is listed on the Ducati tablets with a view to arriving in place of Di Giannantonio. The magic of manager Carlo Pernat certainly has nothing to do with it, but the Marc VDS Racing driver also has two other choice references.
Tony Arbolino was not expected at such a party in this Moto2 season, but before starting his Italian Grand Prix, he asserted himself as a candidate for the title, while he was seen more as a spoilsport just able to disrupt the big favorite Peter Acosta. But it is indeed he who is now in pursuit.
A metamorphosis that the Italian explains thus on GP One : " after the Misano race last year with my team we decided to change bikes and approach to the weekend, we told ourselves that we wanted to win and that we could do it. Before there was no solidarity between us, we changed strategy. Our strength right now is the group we have formed and I feel fast ».
Tony Arbolino: “ Fabio Quartararo is like a brother, but his mentality is the same as Jorge Lorenzo »
« I'm so focused and confident that I just live in the present he adds. " In other years, I thought about the mistakes, about what I had done, whereas now I only think about the next race. In this regard, I now have a good mentality, whereas before it was more difficult to manage things ».
Then he comes to his references which help him to progress. There are two : Jorge Lorenzo, who took him under his wing in 2018 with a joint training program, and the very contemporary fabio quartararo : " I love it because it hasn't changed over the years » declares the Italian about the Frenchman. “ He and Jorge are different, but also similar in what they do. I have a lot more confidence in Fabio, he is like a brother, but his mentality is the same as Jorge's: they always want to do more. I had it too, but I wasn't developing it the right way, and now I have succeeded ». Peter Acosta can be worried...
