The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team is fourth with Franco Morbidelli in Sunday’s race at Sepang. Fabio Di Giannantonio is sixth. The day was marked by a serious accident in Moto3.

The Malaysian Grand Prix marks the end of the Overseas and the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team returns to Europe with Franco Morbidelli finishing fourth and Fabio Di Giannantonio taking sixth place in Sunday’s race. The team wants to send a message of support and best wishes to José Antonio Rueda and Noah Dettwiler after the serious accident that occurred before the start of the Moto3 race.

Starting from the front row, Morbidelli had a difficult beginning but quickly recovered to fight for a Top5 position. Franco came very close to the podium in the final stages, finishing fourth, just half a second behind. With today’s result, the #21 moves back up to sixth in the World Standing with 227 points.

Di Giannantonio had a Sunday of progress: he started from the third row and began making up ground right from the start. Fabio showed strong pace, managing to reach sixth place at the checkered flag. The #49 now sits seventh in the championship with 226 points.

The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team will be back on track in two weeks’ time when MotoGP returns to Europe for the Portuguese Grand Prix, taking place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve from November 7th to 9th.

FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO
“I am happy because, because we turned around things really well this weekend, even though we struggled a lot. We did a huge change on the bike for the race. Usually, you don’t take such a big risk on Sundays, but it worked, because the bike was really good, I had a good pace. I was faster and I was feeling better than yesterday. We were able to find our rhythm and catch up to the riders in front. I am happy with the result, even if I can’t be fully satisfied because of what happened to the Moto3 riders. I hope they are both ok. It’s always hard for the motorsport when things like this happen, I wish them all the best.”

FRANCO MORBIDELLI
“It was a positive weekend, where we turned around the negative feelings from Australia and were fast right from Friday. We secured a front-row start and two fourth-place finishes, battling with several riders. I’m really happy with the progress we made and the level we reached. For the end of the championship, our goal is to keep improving, even though the last two weekends will be quite challenging. But after the accident that happened in Moto3, my main thought was to find out how the two riders were doing. I hope for the best and wish them a full recovery.”

PABLO NIETO - Team Manager
“It was a very difficult weekend, with these high temperatures, everything becomes much more complicated. But we have to be satisfied with the work we’ve done: with Franco, we secured a front-row start and two fourth-place finishes, while with Diggia we were consistently in the Top10, achieving a great result in today’s race. When you’re so close to the podium, you always want more and feel disappointed not to get there, but we must thank the whole team and the riders for the work they did throughout the weekend. On this Sunday, we want to send all our support to the families and teams of the Moto3 riders involved in today’s serious crash. We hope both of them are doing well.”