Excellent sixth place for Di Giannantonio in the Sprint in Japan
#JapaneseGP- 05th October 2024

The rider of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team consolidates the good work done so far with a good placing. Marco Bezzecchi is out of the points zone right under the checkered flag in P10

Motegi (Japan), October 5th, 2024 - Fabio Di Giannantonio returns to the points in the Sprint of the Japanese GP (tomorrow 02.00pm) which will be hosted at the Mobility Resort in Motegi. The rider of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team signs the sixth final place after a good race in the group. He loses the P7 in the last lap, Marco Bezzecchi final tenth.

Starting from the third row and capable of defending the position at the first corner, Fabio is immediately in the slipstream of the fastest riders. Battling with Morbidelli, he comes close to the Top5 and returns to the ninth place in the general standings with 126 points.

Good race, after a difficult start, for Marco from the P8 on the grid. Climbing up to the seventh place, he was forced to give up ground in the final stages. He is tenth in the riders standings with 125 points.

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Marco Bezzecchi - 72

Today I definitely struggled more than yesterday, especially in qualifying, but also in the Sprint. The grip conditions here are very different from Mandalika and I'm not completely comfortable in riding. We have today's data to analyse, the goal is to find solutions and close the gap. Maybe a race in the wet would also help me make that little step forward on T1 and T4. We'll try again tomorrow.

Fabio Di Giannantonio - 49

It was an OK race, maybe starting ahead would have helped me. In qualifying I tried, I stayed out hoping to at least get into the second row. It didn't go that way and in the race we were missing something. This is the first weekend in which I'm almost 100%, even reducing the painkillers. Tomorrow in the long race the physical effort, also based on the compound we will use, will be less. We can get another good placing.