HOLIDAYS OVER, HERE COMES SILVERSTONE
This year’s summer break has been among the longest the MotoGP World Championship has ever witnessed. Five weeks of no racing activities allowed Team Gresini MotoGP to rest, recharge and resume their journey ahead of a demanding, second part of the season. On-track proceedings will resume at Silverstone, the first of nine venues left on the calendar.
The English track, one the longest and more challenging on the calendar, is among the favourites of both Gresini standard bearers Enea Bastianini and Fabio DI Giannantonio. The #23 even took a podium finish in his world championship debut (back in 2014, Moto3 class), while the #49 has always finished in the top ten in his four participations between Moto3 and Moto2 – with his best result so far being a fifth place scored last year.
PAST SUCCESSES: Gresini Racing has been on the UK podium at Donington Park on several occasions at the start of the new millennium, courtesy of the usual suspects Gibernau and Melandri. The best result achieved at Silverstone in the top class was the maiden podium by Aprilia Team Gresini by Aleix Espargaró last year.
ENEA BASTIANINI #23 (5th in the championship standings – 105 points)
“We’re finally back in action! The break has been very useful to reset and look back at the mistakes made in the first part of the season. I really like Silverstone and I really want to get a good result, so we can return to our best form. Our season has been a bit of a rollercoaster right now, so we want to be more consistent from now on.”
FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO #49 (20th in the championship standings – 18 points)
“Silvestone is a crazy good track. I like almost every circuit, but this one is simply fantastic. We return to action after a good break, which allowed us to recharge batteries between holiday, training and WDW (World Ducati Week). We’re surely ready: we hope to pick up from where we left off and continue to build on it for the whole second part of the season.”
