Fabio di Giannantonio blasts “dangerous manoeuvres” due to towing in qualifying
"If you need to tow at this level - it is bad..."
Fabio di Giannantonio was in full a🀅greement with Pecco Bagnaia regardin⛎g MotoGP’s ‘towing’ situation at the British Grand Prix.
The Italian’s sprint race was also hit with a long lap penalty after exceeding track limits, but he still m♕anaged to score one point in ninth placeꩵ after serving his penalty.
When asked about the towing situation in qualifying, he said: “Sometimes we see a lot of♔ dangerous manoeuvres, from a lot of riders. We are MotoGP riders, we are professionals and we should be able to go on track and just go full throttle.
"I think we don’t♔ really nee♔d to be towing at our level, if you need to tow at this level - it is bad. Also when you judge younger riders (in lower classes) you see them do a good job alone or with the slipstream.
He agreed with what Bagnaia said about 🌳the ‘tow’ situation:
“But in MotoGP, you just need to go on the track and push and with what Pecco said it is quite ridiculous. It is bad for the TV and it’s bad for the show. Honestly, it was a bit too dangerous with all the mov🥀ements.”
“I go on track to do my job and focus on doing a fast lap time𝓡 and when you see a lot of riders just waiting in the middle of the track, waiting for nothing… It’s bad. There are many World Champions, so we should all be pushing the s꧙ame way.”
about his front tyre options for the Grand Prix, he explained how the hard front can cause riders to be on the “limit” due to the crossover point with the medium/hard tyre:“I think the medium front was a really good option today, the hard front was a bit on the limit especially if you could remain alone at the front of your group. In my case, the medium was a little bit on the limit when I was in the group, but🌃 really good when I was alone.
So it was the right tyre to use for the sprint, tomorrow it depends. If you are in the group, you can use the hard front and𒊎 get an𓆉 advantage - but if you’re alone it is really risky like what happened to Marc (Marquez).”
“If you get a cold tyre, you will maybe crash. So let’s see as it depends on the temperature and also because it is my first race that I don’t feel a big change between the medium front and the hard. The decision will be made s𒀰traight from the temperature.”
