After the disappointing and pointless Czech Grand Prix earlier than summer time trip, Fabio di Giannantonio’s first post-summer motog place in Austria was not excellent both, however he was capable of be happy with at the least his begin in Saturday’s dash.
Di Giannantonio was solely fifteenth in MotoGP apply on Friday, so he needed to take the primary quarter in race two.
The riders on the VR46 racing crew have been solely fifth within the first quarter. Which means they began fifteenth within the dash and can achieve this once more on Sunday.
Fortunately for the Italian on Saturday afternoon, he bought off to a robust begin, ending the opening lap in seventh place. Sadly, nevertheless, he shortly discovered a nasty feeling on the rear tire and was unable to push, so he fell to eighth by the tip of 14 laps.
“This morning I used to be actually happy with the progress. Lastly, I improved the tempo of the race for a second, so I used to be fairly happy with the steps we made,” Fabio di Giannantonio advised motogp.com after the Austrian dash.
“After that, I used to be anticipating somewhat extra for the primary quarter. We could not cross it to Q2 – a disgrace.
“So I knew it could be a tough (again) tough race for the dash and (the grand prix) to come back from it.
“However I bought off to a superb begin. I most likely got here out of my finest begin, proper in MotoGP. And definitely there was a little bit of confusion within the first nook, so I used to be capable of reap the benefits of it.
“I used to be in a superb place, and it was a disgrace that I had a loopy vibration from the beginning from the rear tire, so it was actually inconceivable to push, and it was actually onerous to do it even simply the bike on the finish.
“I believe we’re in a greater place to compete for the highest 5 with out this.
“However it’s definitely going to be a unique story tomorrow. Definitely, the confusion that was on the primary nook is just not one thing like this, so we now have to discover a method to return into the sphere and attempt to obtain good outcomes.”
