In Jerez Sunday, the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team is fifth with Fabio Di Giannantonio, while a Franco Morbidelli’s race ends with a crash.

The Spanish Grand Prix was complicated for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team: in Sunday’s race, Fabio Di Giannantonio bounced back and he secured a fifth place, while Franco Morbidelli crashed at Turn 11 when he was sixth ending early his GP.

Di Giannantonio started from the eight position of the grid, and he bounced back until he secured the Top5 in a challenging Sunday. Fabio showed a good pace and he fought during all the 25 laps: so he arrived to the finish line in fifth place, and he gained important points for the Championship, he is now fifth with 63 points.

Morbidelli started from the fifth place of the grid and he was gaining positions with a good pace after a difficult start. Franco’s progression ended at Turn 11 because of a crash. Luckily, no fractures were found, but has been diagnosed with a cervical contusion. The team decided that Morbidelli won’t take part to Jerez test on Monday in order to rest. After the fifth race of the year, Franco still sits in fourth with 84 points.

The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team is back on track at Jerez de la Frontera on Monday. Then, the team will fly to Le Mans for the French Grand Prix from 9th to 11th May.

FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO
“It’s been a tough weekend, but I think that we did a good job to secure another Top5 in today’s race. It was the goal today. I’m happy with this result, we were not that far from the podium, it was a good performance overall. But for sure this is not the way we have to work during the weekend, as we saw this weekend, we lost a lot of time trying many things. We learned a lot in Jerez. In tomorrow’s test we have plenty of things to try, it will be interesting also because test days are few, so we have to maximise the kilometres on track.”

PABLO NIETO
“It was a tough race, we knew in Jerez everyone would have been very fast and it was important to start as further as possible. We were aware that we had to struggle, but Di Giannantonio secured the fifth place, which is a good result. We did the maximum and this is the most important thing. It’s a pity for Morbidelli’s crash he was very fast. The team decided that Franco won’t take part to tomorrow’s test and he will rest after the two crashes of this weekend.”