The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team is ready for the Pertamina Indonesian GP, one of the most important races of the season. Di Giannantonio and Morbidelli will race on Sunday with a special livery.

MotoGP is back to action this weekend at Mandalika, which will hold the second round of the Overseas. The Pertamina Indonesian GP represents the home GP outside of Italy for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team, which will race on Sunday with a special livery dedicated to Indonesia and launched on Tuesday in the Pertamina Lubricants Production Unit at Jakarta.

Di Giannantonio arrives to Mandalika highly motivated and determined to bounce back after a difficult weekend at Motegi. Fabio worked to recover his physical form after his Sprint crash and he’s ready to face the Indonesian weekend. The rider from Rome is sixth in the World Standing with 230 points and he got a fourth place as his best result on this track. Last year he made a strong comeback.

Morbidelli showed again further steps forward in Japan last weekend, and he is eager to be back on track at Mandalika, where he got a fourth place as his best result and last year, he proved to be competitive fighting constantly in the Top10. Franco arrives to Indonesia in sixteenth place in the World Standing with 57 points and he is ready to confirm the steps in front of the Indonesian fans.

The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team will hit the track on Friday for free practice, while qualifying will take place on Saturday at ore 10:50 (local time, +8 UTC). The Sprint will get underway at 3:00 pm (local time, +8 UTC) on Saturday, while the Pertamina Indonesian GP will conclude on Sunday with the main race, starting exceptionally at 2:00 pm (local time, +8 UTC).

FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO
“I am very happy to be back in Indonesia! It will be an important race for the Team, it’s the home weekend outside of Italy! For this reason, we launched at Jakarta the special livery we will race with this weekend, and I love it so much! It’s a huge honour to bring the Garuda, the Indonesian symbol, on track: our goal at Mandalika – which is a track that I love – will be to have a great result in front of the Indonesian fans. Physically, I feel better and I’ve been working these days to arrive as much ready as possible to the weekend and deliver a great weekend to the Indonesian fans. I want to thank them, they always made us feel like home.”

FRANCO MORBIDELLI
“We arrive to Mandalika, our home track outside of Italy! I am very happy to be back in Indonesia, with which we have a great bound: for this reason, we will have a special livery for this GP, dedicated to Indonesia. It’s really beautiful and we look forward to bringing it on track. It will be an important weekend for us; to confirm the steps forward we showed in these last races and to try to have a great result in front of the Indonesian fans. I love the track and I battled for the podium in the past, so we are confident ahead of the Mandalika weekend.”