Sunday saw a unique minute of silence observed by both Mot🔯oGP, at Portimao, and Formula 1, at Imola ꦆin memory of double motorcycle world champion Fausto Gresini.

Gresini, who was borಞn in Imola, sadly lost his life earlier this year after a long battle with complications caused by Covid-19.

At Imola on Sunday the like�🥃�s of F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and FIA President Jean Todt joined members of Gresini’s family in parc ferme.

Davide Brivio, who knew Gresini well as a rival MotoGP team manager, but is n🥀ow working in🍸 F1 with the Alpine team, was also present.

"To remember Fausto Gresini means to scroll through some of the most 🦄beautiful sporting pꦐages of our hometown Imola," said Domenicali. "The passion for motors and motorsports has tied us together from an early age.

"Fausto not only🦄 has been a World Champion, but also an incredible scout of extraordinary talents, who left their mark into two-wheeled motorsport. He will never be forgotten."

At Portimao, bikes, riders and team members from the MotoGP, Moto2 and Mot🍬o3 class Gresini teams gathered in front of the Aprilia Gresini box ahead of the MotoGP ra🐻ce, joined by FIM President Jorge Viegas and Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta.

"Fausto has been, without a doubt, among tho🅷se who most contributed in bringing MotoGP to the level it is now," said Ezpeleta. "He was first of all a good friend and one of those key figures𓆉 of our paddock.

"With his charisma and smile, he built one of nicest and best equipped teams of the paddock, and my goal is to keep his memory alive. He left a great family both outside and inside the paddock and we will miss 𓆏him a lot.

"We celebrated him in Qa𓆏tar with a heartfelt minute of silence, and I think this shared event with Formula 1 is the ultimate proof of how important his figure has been in the whole world of motorsport."

Sunday was t𝔉heღ first time in history that the two paddocks had joined together in such a way.

“On behalf o🦂f myself, my kids and the whole Gresini Racing, I would like to thank, from the bottom of my heart, Stefano Domenicali and Carmelo Ezpeleta for having united the motorsport world to commemorate Fausto, a great man both in life and in the sport," said Greisni's 🐓wife Nadia Padovani.

"We are immensely grateful ꧃and moved for this wonderful and unexpected tri♔bute.”