Fabio Di Giannantonio ended Sunday’s race at Brno in sixteenth place after a tough weekend.

The first Czech GP in five years was difficult for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team, which was sixteenth with Fabio Di Giannantonio in Sunday’s race at Brno. Franco Morbidelli didn’t take part to the race weekend due to the left shoulder injury.

Di Giannantonio started from 13th on the grid, and he tried to recover positions from the fifth row with a good start, but he couldn’t show his pace on the Ducati Desmosedici GP, arriving to the finish line in sixteenth place at Brno. The #49 rider is fifth in the World Standings with 142 points.

MotoGP stops for the summer break, and the World Championship is back on track in four weeks, when we will start again with the Austrian GP, from 15th to 17th August. At Spielberg, the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team will race with Franco Morbidelli too.

FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO
“The weekend was tough overall. We missed the feelings of the last races. It was great to be back in Brno, the track is amazing, but we could not find a proper way of working in the direction that is the quickest way to go fast. I take all the responsibilities; I have to be more precise with the team to give better feedback. We just must regroup, to refocus and restarting from Austria with the good sensations of the last races that we’ve done.”

PABLO NIETO - TEAM MANAGER
“It was a complicated GP. We started the weekend with Franky’s absence, we decided to miss this race to avoid taking risks and to arrive to Austria as much recovered as possible. Franky stayed with us all the weekend and he worked together with his team in the garage and in service road. About Fabio, for one reason or another, he has never been able to find the right feelings to be fast. We know some of the causes, but we have to analyze others as well. It's time to take advantage of these three weeks to rest and prepare for Austria, where we need to get back to fighting in the top group.”