Di Giannantonio Sixth After Sensational Comeback At Silverstone. Bastianini Eighth
The Gresini Racing Team Moto3 collected another great result in today’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, placing both the Honda NSF250RW machines of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Enea Bastianini in the top ten for the fourth consecutive race both
In a race that was incredibly hard fought, Fabio Di Giannantonio crossed the finsh line in sixth position at the end of a fantastic comeback from the 25th position on the grid: the 17-year-old rookie from Rome gained immediately eight places thanks to a good start, then he pushed hard to recover, reaching the leading group during the seventh lap. After being slowed by the crash of Jorge Navarro and Andrea Migno occurred right in front of him, in the final stages ‘Diggia’ battled with Stefano Manzi, passing sixth under the checkered flag. With this result Di Giannantonio is now seventh in the Championship with 92 points.
His team mate Enea Bastianini instead crossed the finish line close behind in eighth place: also the 18-year-old rider from Rimini showed the speed to fight for the podium, also taking the lead with just four laps to go, but then Enea, slowed by some issues at turn 7, was not able to emerge in the final sprint.
FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO (6th)
“I’m very happy, it was a fantastic race and it’s a great feeling to finish sixth starting from the 25th position! At the beginning of the race I immediately recovered several positions thanks to a perfect start, then I was able to take the lead of the second group in order to try to close the gap to the leaders. Since I reached the leading group, we had an ardently battle till the end, so much that I have my leathers marked in several areas! In the end I did my best to try to get on the podium, but the fight was very close and when Manzi made Navarro crash in front of me, the first three were able to open a little gap. At that point I still didn’t lose heart and I continued to push hard, but in the end the podium was not possible. However that’s okay, now we look forward to Misano!”.
ENEA BASTIANINI (8th)
“We knew it would have been a difficult race because during weekend I’ve been struggling a bit in windy conditions, but today we were competitive and so I’m a little disappointed and angry because some riders made strong maneuvers during the race, therefore it was not easy to be able to stay in the top positions. In the final laps, then, I had some issues at Turn 7, where I couldn’t brake hard and to keep the line; I think that this problem actually prevented us from fighting for the podium”.
FAUSTO GRESINI
“It was a hard fought race, as always, marked by strong battles in the closing laps: we undoubtedly could get something more today with both our riders, but these are the races. We are still happy because once again we have proven to be extremely competitive with both riders. Unfortunately the fight in the final lap definitely didn’t help us ahead of the final sprint and consequently we missed a podium finish, but that’s okay: Enea made a great race, remaining in the top positions and also taking the lead trying to open a gap, while Di Giannantonio rode very well to recover from the 25th position on the grid, then unfortunately the final battle, especially with Manzi, stopped him, but that’s okay. As already said, these are the races”.
