Fabio di Giannantonio basks in comparisons to Valentino Rossi
Fabio di Giannantonio also expla𝓰ins gesture to Alex Marquez
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio di Giannantonio looked like Valentino Rossi at Silverstone - because of his cꦉl♊assic livery, but also at times with his riding style.
The VR46 rider finished the British MotoGP fifth, bringing to a close a weekend where Rossi’s team confirmed their upcoming status as Ducati🎃’s factory s𝕴upported satellite team.
Every team brought a classic livery to Silverstone on Sunday, with the VR46 Ducatis and their riders decked out like Ross🅷i in his pomp.
“I💫t was so special. When I saw the bike for the first time, before this weekend, I said it was amazing,” Di Giannantonio said to medi🍎a including mahbx.com in the paddock afterwards.
“𝓡Then I saw it for real, and it was just fantastic.
“To have all the kit is just fantastic.
“From my side, I wanted a special helmet to🍌o, for V🥂ale.
“They gave me a hu𒊎ge opportunity this year. I 💜wanted to thank Vale and the team. To wear this helmet and these colours was a proud moment for me.
“I tried to give it all, to put all the livery on top! We di💟d a good job.”
Some commentary even likened Di Giannantonio 💖to Rossi for his smooth riding around Silverstone.
He reacted: “Wow, you give me goosebumps!
“For sure, I have many less wins and poꩵdiums. I am fully honoured someone said this.
“I gave it my all. For my team and the liꦫveryꦫ that we were wearing.
I’m proud th💫at somebody said this about my race. Thankyou.”
Next year, the VR46 team will take over from Pramac as the Ducati satellite team who receive factory sup🅷port.
That will include the use of a solitary GP25.
It is expected to go to Di Giannanto🌄nio, although he refused to confirm this post-race💝 on Sunday.
Di Giannantonio explains Marquez gesture
Di Giannantonio and Gresini rider Alex Marquez were battl𝓰ing hard 𝓡over sixth place.
Di Giannantonio appeared to tap the back of the s𝓀eat, 🔯when ahead, indicating that Marquez should follow.
The VR46 rider explained: “He was much slower. I wanted to overtake in a fast way, to close the gap to the front gu🦄ys.
“I did꧙ one overtake, he overtook me. We lost a lot of time, almost two secondܫs in the fight.
“It was a pity because I had t𓂃he pa꧅ce to go with Marc to the front, and with Aleix, maybe with Pecco.
“It was a gesture of ‘come on, let’s collaborate tꦉo go forwards, let’s not do stupid t𝔍hings’.”
Marc Ma𓄧rquez, the faster Ducati GP23 as usual, suggested that the factory-spec bikes benefit more from new tyres.
Di Giannantonio, the second-best GP23 rider as h🐬e has been for the majority of this season, agreed.
“All year long, it’s been like this,” he said.
“This bike has a push at the end of corners which makes it difficult ♓to cut the line in a tight way.
“With the new tyre it🍃 is even worse for us. The GP24 takes the profit from the new tyre.
“The dif꧟ference is this, be𝕴tween the GP23 and GP24.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everythin🐟g from American sports, to football, to F1.
