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Second Day Of Free Practice At Losail: Bastianini Focused On Set Up, Good Progress For Di Giannantonio

After yesterday’s first two free practice sessions, the weekend of the Grand Prix of Qatar continued this evening at the Losail International Circuit with the Gresini Racing Team Moto3 riders on track for the third and final free practice session.

Enea Bastianini focused again on set up work to adapt the bike to the track conditions, setting the sixth fastest time with 2’06”560: along with his technicians, the 18-year-old rider from Rimini has yet to investigate some aspects of the set up that does not convince him, but he remains confident ahead of tomorrow’s Qualifying.

Rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio got positive results today, making good progress compared to yesterday with a good 2’07”320, a promising performance looking at tomorrow’s Qualifying session.

ENEA BASTIANINI (6th – 2’06”560)
“Here in Qatar track conditions are constantly changing and when we hit track we realized that the set up we had used yesterday, which seemed perfect, was no longer working so well. Therefore we needed to continue working on the bike to adapt it to the new conditions encountered today, although there was not a lot of time to do it. However, it went quite well, because I finished the session in sixth position, although I expected something more. Tomorrow we will face the qualifications and I hope that the conditions won’t change further, or we will need some more time to properly set up the bike. We hope to make a good qualifying: we have the potential to do so, but it will be important to try to exploit some slipstreams in the straight”.

FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO (21st – 2’07”320)
“It was a very good session and I’m very happy! We managed to improve the lap time from yesterday with the harder tire and above all I’m making with my riding: I’m realizing that I’m feeling more comfortable in various parts of the track. My only regret is that I was not able to take advantage of the soft rear tyre at the end of the session, but that’s okay. Tomorrow we can do a good Qualifying: the bike is working very well, we just need to make some small adjustments on the front end, then I will give the maximum”.

FAUSTO GRESINI
“Enea didn’t like some changes made to the bike, but overall his final free practice was positive: we are not far from the top, and we still believe we have chosen the right direction in terms of set-up, so we remain confident, we can do a good Qualifying tomorrow. Di Giannantonio has improved a lot, working mainly to take more confidence with the bike: at one point of the session he was twelfth in the standings and it was nice to see him there. He’s following the right direction”.


Second Day Of Free Practice At Losail: Bastianini Focused On Set Up, Good Progress For Di Giannantonio - Gresini Racing
Second Day Of Free Practice At Losail: Bastianini Focused On Set Up, Good Progress For Di Giannantonio - Gresini Racing
Second Day Of Free Practice At Losail: Bastianini Focused On Set Up, Good Progress For Di Giannantonio - Gresini Racing
Second Day Of Free Practice At Losail: Bastianini Focused On Set Up, Good Progress For Di Giannantonio - Gresini Racing
Second Day Of Free Practice At Losail: Bastianini Focused On Set Up, Good Progress For Di Giannantonio - Gresini Racing
Second Day Of Free Practice At Losail: Bastianini Focused On Set Up, Good Progress For Di Giannantonio - Gresini Racing