Sixth in the main race on Sunday at Le Mans, and seventh the day before in the Sprint, means that Fabio Di Giannantonio was the strongest rider of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team on track during the weekend in France.
After such a performance, DiGia seems to be getting along better and better with the Ducati Desmosedici GP23, and for the Team Manager of Valentino Rossi’s team, if it weren’t for the penalty suffered, a Long Lap, #49 could have done even better: ‘A positive weekend in some aspects, less in others. I am very happy and satisfied with what Fabio did, he was solid and on Sunday, if it weren’t for the long lap, he could have been alongside the strongest riders‘.
Nieto’s wish is for the rider to continue like this, as he is getting better and better, and believes that: ‘He is growing with the team and has to continue like this‘.
Oftentimes seen as a second-tier rider among the Ducati elite, let’s say, the Italian rider himself left a question in the air when it comes to candidates for the Borgo Panigale factory team, quoted by Motosan:
– Why not me? We have to work a little, but that is also my goal in reality. When you are in MotoGP, you cannot aspire to be in the background; I want to improve to become the best in the world and have the best bike. However, the three are very strong [n.d.r. Marc Márquez, Jorge Martín and Enea Bastianini].
This shows the Italian’s ambition to want more and it will be interesting to see how it goes, as, remember, in the last part of 2023 DiGia was one of Ducati’s main riders in terms of results, at a time when his future in the category was at risk.
