The Qatar GP was one to remember for Fabio Di Giannantonio, with the rider making his MotoGP winning debut last year after a second place in the long race, and this year’s race looks promising, judging by the confidence shown by the 25-year-old Italian.
DiGia considered the days’ work at Lusail to have been good, but admitted that at the moment he was a few tenths short of being even better at attacking the times, with that, he believes, being a fault on his side: ‘It was a good two days of testing. The second day was a little tougher than the first because in the morning I didn’t get the same feeling from the bike as I did the day before. The track lacked grip and I had some difficulties getting into a rhythm, but then we got a good balance with the bike, we improved, and I’m quite happy with what we did during the day. We lacked a few tenths in the attack on the times, we’re a bit far off there and we have to improve but I think it’s more on my side’.
Despite this, DiGia, who is riding with the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team this year, is confident of his momentum and believes that he is currently in the top five most of the time: ‘Even so, in the Sprint simulation I think we are one of the fastest and I think we can be in the top five at the moment, so I think we did a good job’.