Fabio Di Giannantonio: “If the race was tomorrow, I could be not so bad…”
Fabio di Giannantonio’s delivers the fastest Sprint race simulation on the final day of the 🍸Sepang MotoGP test.
In terms of fastest lap, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio di Giannantonio finished the Sepang MotoGP test in a respectable eighth place (+0.661s).
But the new VR46 Ducati rider’s Sprint race simulation was the quickest ꦅof all.
The Italian joined 🙈only📖 Jorge Martin in dipping into the 1m 57s, on lap 2 of his long run.
But while the Pramac GP24 rider finished his ten laps having slipped to a ‘58.9, having experienced some tyre ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚgrip issues after pushing so hard early on, di Giannantonio (on the GP23) signed off his run with a ‘58.4s.
Overall, Diggia set an average pace of 1m 58.237s compared with Martin’s 🥃1m 58.390s, although the Spaniard did his run in a hotter part of the da🌄y:
Fabio di Giannantonio's Sprint race simulation:
1'58.514
1'57.964
1'58.068
1'58.042
1'58.185
1'58.427
1'58.234
1'58.240
1'58.310
1'58.387
Average: 1m 58.237s
Average lap time during long runs – Day 3
- di Giannantonio (Ducati) 1m 58.237s (over 10 laps)*
- Martin (Ducati) 1m 58.390s (over 10 laps)
- Bastianini (Ducati) 1m 58.437s (over 10 laps)
- Bagnaia (Ducati) 1m 58.457s (over 10 laps)
- A. Espargaro (Aprilia) 1m 58.499s (over 9 laps)
- Vinales (Aprilia) 1m 58.545s (over 9 laps)*
- M. Marquez (Ducati) 1m 58.556s (over 10 laps)*
- Binder (KTM) 1m 58.639s (over 9 laps)*
- Acosta (KTM) 1m 58.644s (over 10 laps)
- A. Marquez (Ducati) 1m 58.811s (over 10 laps)*
- Marini (Honda) 1m 59.083s (over 6 laps)
- Mir (Honda) 1m 59.234 (over 10 laps)
- Rins (Yamaha) 1m 59.288s (over 9 laps)*
- Zarco (Honda) 2m 0.079s (over 10 laps)
* Set late in the afternoon, cooler temps.
“It has been a good test for us,” di Giannantonio said. “I think we've✱ been quite fast in more-or-less in everything we've done.
“I’m super proud, super happy because with the team 💝we've reached a great feeling with the bike. We improved quite a lot compared to the last time that we came here in the race.
"I’m happy about the time attack because I enjoyed to push a little bit and I did 𝓰it with a bike [set-up] that I didn't like so much. The lap time was not so bad. I think under the official lap record.
“And also in the Spri♛nt simulation, I was quite fast, quite stron🌼g. So I think that there are many, many positives from these three days.
"I can only be happy and go h🐭ome with a big smil✅e.”
Asked if he felt ready to start the new season, with two days of testing in Qatar still remaining, di Giannant🐓onio hinted at his scorching Sprint simulation by saying:
“Well, if the race w♒as tomorrow, I could be not༒ so bad!"
He added: “We are working a little bit to improve side grip on the rear, especially on consistency t𒈔hrough the race.
"But I think this is the main work 𓂃for everybody and, as I said, we are in a good moment.”
𒈔While di Giannantonio has adapted seamlessly to the GP23, team-mate Marco ꦓBezzecchi still doesn’t feel comfortable and was only 17th quickest.
Doeౠs the GP23 naturally suit di Gꦬiannantonio’s style?
“It’s ‘GP22 [to] GP23’ but now the bikes when they change, they don't♕ change that much. So the character of the bike is really similar,” said the Qatar 2023 winner.
“For sure the engine is a bit different. How the power comes from your hand is a bit different. So it's where we ♚✤work the most on the electronic side and the power delivery.
“But overall the b♓ike is quite - I will not say the same - but the feeling of the bike is quite similar to the ‘22. So my riding style was OK in the last part of last season, and it’s OK already now…”
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 ye♌ars and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
