Thailand MotoGP: Fabio Di Giannantonio’s future: ‘Something nice is coming…’

Could Fabio di Giannantonio’s MotoGP future be settled during the weekend off between Thailand and Malaysia?
Fabio Di Giannantonio, Tissot sprint race, MotoGP, Thailand MotoGP, 28 October
Fabio Di Giannantonio, Tissot sprint race, MotoGP, Thailand MotoGP, 28 October

The Gresini Ducati rider arrived in Buriram on a high from a debut podium at Phillip Island, an achieve🍌ment which only fuelled growing speculation he will now swap places with Marc Marquez and join Repsol Honda next season.

HRC team manager Alberto Puig has confirmed di Giannantonio is “168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:one of the options for next year” but added, “he’s not the only one.”

Exactly wh꧅o di Giannantonio’s competition might be is unclear.

New HRC signing Johann Zarco has stated he’ll race as planned for LCR, while Aprilia riders Miguel Oliveira, Maverick Vina🍸les and Aleix Esparg♋aro - all mentioned in connection with the Repsol seat - have recently downplayed interest, at least publicly.

Either way, di Giannantonio’s MotoGP future is looking bright, with the Italian either poised for the place at Repsol or to slot into any vacancy that w🔯ould emerge if someone else joins HRC.

“For sure we are working, and I hope also to gꦅive you some good news,” di Giᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚannantonio said about the possibility of announcing his 2024 plans at Sepang next weekend.

“But I think that something really, really nice is coming. So I'm not in a rush at the moment🗹.

“I want to enjoy this week [off], work well with my staff at home to prepare my future, and then we will see. Maybe I can give [tell] you so🐈mething f✱or Malaysia!”

di Giannantonio, forced out of the Buriram Sprint by a technical problem, was speaking after riding from 14th to ninth in Sunday’s Thai MotoG☂P.

“I was starting from the back, I did a couple of nice overtakes. And the pace was good. So🐼 I started to recover, recover, recover, but I was too late to catch the second group,” he said.

“But I'm super happy because today because the heat was huge, and it was easy to make some mistakes. I think if 💛we could start a little bit more in front, I could fight for another top five finish.

“So I'm super happy, we've🙈 done an incredible job these last three races.ꦺ”

di Giannantonio is now up to twelfth pl🌜acꦡe in the world championship standings.

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