Fabio di Giannantonio reacts to towing rivals in Thailand MotoGP practice: “I was angry - but good for him!”
They both used the tow to finish faster than di Giannantonio - Marquez came 11th but Fernandez managed🐼 to pinch a top 10 fin💞ish.
The added irony was that di Giannantonio has lost his Gresini Ducati to Marquez for 2024, a🌼nd is in pole position to land the Repsol Honda that the eight-time world champion is leaving behinඣd.
Di𓃲 Giannantonio reacted to towing his 𝐆rivals: “For me, it isn’t a problem.
“When you are faster i𒅌t is normal that some guys will go behi🐭nd you.
“I was just angry with Augusto because he came inside the track, he didn’t look bac🏅k, and he destroyed my lap tim𝓀e.
“It could have been my good lap time to be in Q2.
“I was angry for this. But, if he wants ꦅto follow me, if he can? Good for him!”
Di Giannantonio: 'It wasn’t possible to put everything together'
Di Giannantonio was second-fastest when time-attacks began, with 15 minutes of Friday practice remaining at Burꦯiram.
He was forced to settle for a 14th-place🅺 end to the da♒y.
“It w🅺as a pity. The day had been amazing, we were fast all day,” he said.
“With th🧸e hard tyre - the race tyre - we were super fast. The base was super good.
“But the first soft was not great. The seꦉcond and third softs? I was in traffic. One time time I alꦑmost crashed so the lap was ruined.
“Another time I had Augusto in front and h♔e destroyed 🧸my flag.
“Then I took the last yellow flag of Jorge Martꦦin. So it wasn’t possible to put everything together.
“I’m not worried about the time-attack.
“We have all the possibilities to go through Q1 into Q2, then to fight for 🅷something good.
“For su🐭re, it won’t be easy. But I think we have the potential✨ to do it.”
Di G🃏iannantonio, since his Gresini exit was c𝔍onfirmed, has thrilled with the finest form of his MotoGP career.
He was fourth in Indonesia then, last week, finished on the podium for the firཧst time in Australia.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the foꦉrefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
