Fabio Di Giannantonio closes the season with the P4 in Thailandia
#ThaiGP- 27th October 2024

In a dramatic race, a great comeback by the rider of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team, in the last race of his season. Forced to retire after a crash in the early stages of the GP Marco Bezzecchi

Buriram (Thailand), October 27th 2024 - Fabio Di Giannantonio close his 2024 season with the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team in the best possible way with the fourth place at the Thai GP, which took place today under the rain in Buriram. A dramatic race with an incredible comeback from the P13 and a podium just missed for a breath. Marco Bezzecchi instead crashed during the third lap.

Starting from the eighth box on the grid, Fabio is fighting in the group in the early stages of the race. Capable of imposing an excellent pace and exploiting all the potential of the Ducati Desmosedici GP in the final, he closes the gap and climbs the standings. Final duel with Acosta for the third step of the podium and the eighth position in the general classification with 165 points on the eve of the surgery on his left shoulder that will force him to miss the last two events of the Championship.

Sunday to forget for Marco, starting from P4 and on track again next Sunday at the Malaysian GP, the last race of this long trip outside Europe. 14th at the first corner and struggling in the first laps, in the attempt to recover, he crashes during the third lap when he was in P12.

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Marco Bezzechi - 72

A difficult moment, in general. I took a lot of risks at the start, probably I didn't get the rear tire up to temperature well. In the first lap I came close to crashing a couple of times. In the attempt and in the rush to recover, I made a mistake at turn 1. As soon as I lost the bike, I couldn't do anything to recover. Let's get back to work in Malaysia.

Fabio Di Giannantonio - 49

A race with many values: before the start I spoke with the whole Team, we just wanted to enjoy this last GP before the surgery. And that's how it was, I made an incredible comeback. The podium was there, it would have been a dream, but I'm still happy and I want to thank my entire work group and the Team. They were seven very tough races after the injury, but we didn't give up. An incredible Team effort, I'm returning to Italy before the time but I'm satisfied: the 2024 balance is more than positive.