The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team will be on track with Fabio Di Giannantonio, who is back after his collarbone injury, and Franco Morbidelli for the first race of the 2025 campaign in Buriram.
This weekend marks the opening of the 2025 season, and the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team is eager to hit the track with its full line-up. Fabio Di Giannantonio is back after his injury in Sepang test, which forced him to undergo surgery on his left collarbone, while Franco Morbidelli completed all the pre-season test with positive results.
Buriram is a peculiar track for Fabio: last year he raced for the last time in 2024 season to undergo surgery on his shoulder, and on the Chang International Circuit he will come back for the first race of 2025 campaign. On Thursday, Di Giannantonio will undergo a medical check-up at the circuit to receive the fit to race.
Morbidelli, on the other hand, is looking to carry the positive momentum from the pre-season tests into the race weekend, aiming to confirm his positive feelings with both the bike and the team.
The Grand Prix of Thailand starts on Friday with the first free practice, while the qualifying will be on Saturday morning (10:50 am local time, +7UTC), and the Sprint Race in the afternoon (3 pm). The weekend will end with the Sunday race (3 pm).
FABIO DI GIANNATONIO
“I am very happy to take this first flight to Thailand to start a new season. The recovery went well, I worked hard at home, and I feel ready to start. I look forward to restart working with the team to getting to know better my new bike. I’m ready and motivated, for sure it will be a weekend of growing, we will have to start almost from zero and understand many things. The motivation is very high”.
FRANCO MORBIDELLI
“I am very happy to start the 2025 championship in Thailand. For sure, we will start with a special energy both for the positive tests we did and for the excitement of this new adventure. Two weeks ago, on this track we worked very well to get ready at our best for the race, so we look forward to starting. We are all very motivated for this first race, and we will try to do our maximum”.
