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Fabio Di Giannantonio and Jorge Martin to race with Gresini Racing in the 2017 Moto3 World Championship

Gresini Racing will take part at the 2017 Moto3 World Championship with two Honda NSF250RW machines ridden by confirmed Fabio Di Giannantonio and Spaniard Jorge Martin.

Despite being at his debut on the World stage, Fabio Di Giannantonio has quickly become one of the great protagonists of the championship, showing an incredible growth. Since his sensational first podium finish, the second place he got last May at Mugello, the 17-year-old Italian rider has in fact been able to stay constantly at the top, collecting 92 points over the last seven races, second only to Championship leader Brad Binder. “Diggia”, currently in a surprisingly seventh place in the standings, will therefore be at the start of next season with big ambitions.

Alongside Fabio Di Giannantonio, there will be 18-year-old Spaniard Jorge Martin: born in Madrid on January 29, 1998, Martin made his debut in the Moto3 World Championship in 2015, after winning the 2014 edition of the Red Bull Rookies Cup. In his debut season the talented young rider collected 45 points with a seventh place as his best result. Last August 21 Martin also got his first podium finish, with the second place in the Czech Grand Prix at Brno. Performances that are proving a significant growth and that are indicating in Martinanother potential frontrunner of the 2017 season.

FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO

“I’m happy to continue my path in the World Championship with Gresini Racing: in this my first season I’m finding very well and honestly I never expected to grow so much and to get similar results. The team helped me a lot to achieve this and to be able to face the next season working with the same group of people is undoubtedly positive and puts us in the ideal position to grow even more together and try to get big results. We want to do very well and we don’t want to leave anything to chance, so we will plan our winter training in the best possible way in order to kick off the 2017 season in great shape!”.
JORGE MARTIN

“I’m very pleased to have the opportunity to become part of the Gresini Racing team, which has a rich history of great results. I felt the need to face a new challenge, with a new bike, to follow up my process of maturation and therefore I’m grateful for the trust that Gresini Racing placed in me. I’m highly motivated to do my best in order to achieve great results together, starting from next season: for sure we will form a great team, right from day one! I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Aspar Team, that two years ago, when I was just 16, gave me the chance to debut in the World Championship. Thanks to their dedication and trust I was able to grow as a rider and therefore I will never forget what they have done for me”.
FAUSTO GRESINI

“With the arrival of Jorge Martin, who will join Fabio Di Giannantonio, we believe we set up an excellent team for the forthcoming year. Together with ‘Diggia’, who is enjoying an excellent debut season in a high level Championship, we will have another young rider who has already accumulated valuable experience. During this season, in addition, Martin showed very good performances on several occasions, thus proving to have talent and speed. We were determined to build an extremely competitive team for 2017, and I think that with this two rider we hit the target!”.

Fabio Di Giannantonio and Jorge Martin to race with Gresini Racing in the 2017 Moto3 World Championship - Gresini Racing
Fabio Di Giannantonio and Jorge Martin to race with Gresini Racing in the 2017 Moto3 World Championship - Gresini Racing
Fabio Di Giannantonio and Jorge Martin to race with Gresini Racing in the 2017 Moto3 World Championship - Gresini Racing