Tony Arbolino is “number one candidate to replace” Fabio di Giannantonio in MotoGP for 2024

The Gresini Racing rider, currently in his second season in the premier ♉class, has und🤡erwhelmed Ducati who have identified who they want to replace him with, according to .
Arbolino, of the Elf Marc VDS Racing Team in Moto2, has become Ducati’s “number one choi🔴ce to replace” Di Giannantonio, the report says.
Du♚cati admire Arbolino’s “technical growth and personaliജty”.
Arbolino currently leads the Mot🎃o2 standings after five rounds of 2023.
He won in Argentina and France and is locked in ෴a fascinating title duelꦚ with Pedro Acosta.
Di Giannantonio, who ended his rookie year finiꦐshing 20th in the MotoGP standings, is currently 15th.
His struggles at Gresini have been compounded by the success of his teammate last season, Enea Bastianini, wh𒐪o won the second-most amount of races in 2022 and earned a promotion to Ducati’s factory team.
Alex Marquez is Di Giannantonio’s teammate this season, and is so far outperforming the Italian who must now know that time is running out to secure a sea🐬t for a third consecutive year in MotoGP.

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