P7 for Fabio Di Giannantonio in the sprint at Le Mans
#FrenchGP- 11th May 2024

The rider of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team scores his first points of the year in Saturday's race. Marco Bezzecchi crashed three laps from the checkered flag, while in P2

Le Mans (France), May 11th 2024 - At the French GP (tomorrow 02.00 pm local time) Fabio Di Giannantonio crosses the finishing line in seventh place and scores the first points of the season in the Sprint on the Ducati Desmosedici GP of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team. Marco Bezzecchi was forced to retire after a crash when he was on the second step of the podium.

Starting from the fourth spot on the grid and fighting in the group in the very early stages of the race, Fabio manages to impose a solid pace in the final and confirm the good feelings of the practice (P9 overall with 37 points).

Early epilogue for Marco, protagonist of an excellent sprint at the start. Second at the first corner, he is able to keep up the pace of the riders fighting for the victory until three laps from the end (tenth overall with 36 points).

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Marco Bezzecchi - 72

I felt really good, everything was under control. I had a great pace, Jorge (Martin) was closer and I understood that Marc (Marquez) was coming from behind and I tried to push to open the gap a bit. I made a mistake at turn 9 and couldn't recover. It wasn't necessary, a real shame to have missed the podium. I can't be happy, but it was important to confirm ourselves as competitive here too. Tomorrow I think the pace will be different, there will be the weather to understand, but we can do well.

Fabio Di Giannantonio - 49

In qualifying I had an excellent feeling, I felt I had a margin that I wasn't able to make the most of due to the yellow flags. In the race however, I immediately started to have a particular feeling. It's a shame, I have struggled, we need to analyse the data and understand, our potential was certainly different. Overall I finished the Sprint in the points for the first time this season and I know I have the pace to be with the best tomorrow. We just understand what the weather will do.