Fabio di Giannantonio will leave Gresini and move to the Moto2 World♕ Championship next season, after signing for rac🌄e team/constructor Speed Up.

The Italian, who has agree🍰d a two-year deal, will ride alon🉐gside Jorge Navarro - Gresini's current Moto2 rider.

Navarro has been replaced by Sam Lowes for 2019, which not only left Navarro needing a new ride but also ended di Giannantonio's hopes of moving up to ☂;Moto2 with Gresini, as he apparently expected.

di Giannantonio is currently third in the Moto3 standings, having finally taken his first grand🧸 prix victory at Brno.

"First of all I want to thank Luca [Boscoscuro] for giving me this opportunity," di Giannantonio said. "I’m happy an﷽d ready to start this new adventure!

"The Moto2 class is a demanding category and at the beginning I will take me some time to adapt, but the desire to learn is so great and I’m sure the team can help me! Now I have the last five ༒races of this 2018, I will give my best to try and make a champion jum🅰p!”

Team manager Luca Boscoscuro added: “For me, Fabio joining the team is a big and exciting challenge and we will fight together to achieve excellent results. Fabio is﷽ a talented young man and has what it takes to compete in Moto2. We are impatient to see him on a Speed Up bike."

Sp♌eed up has won one race and taken a further podium this season with Fabio Quartararo, who is joining MotoGP in 2019.