VR46, Fabio Di Giannantonio fourth but happy
Fabio Di Giannantonio enjoys fourth place
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One of the protagonists of the Australian Grand Prix è certainly Fabio Di Giannantonio. On the Phillip Island track, in fact, Diggia crossed the finish line in fourth place, at the end of a splendid comeback. Started from twelfth position on the grid and ninth at the end of the first lap, Fabio immediately took the pace of the strongest and overtaking after overtaking, closed the gap on the small group fighting for fourth place and defended the place until the checkered flag. He equaled his best finish of the season and è ninth in the overall standings with 150 points.
"I think the best race of the year – stressed the Roman centaur to the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team channels -, we went really strong and the podium è missed by a hair. If I think about the qualification, I mean the crash, I eat my hands becauseé today could have been a different race. A nice garon forò, we knew we had good potential".
"I lost maybe a little bit’ of time in the small group, I messed up a little bit with the maps, but when I settled down afterwards, I was able to get in the lead and overtake the others. I drive well, I came back aggressive, fast, but I also managed the tires very well. For the podium a little bit’ I am sorry, è the goal for this 2024 with the team, it was not far today".
"In terms of performance è it was a great weekend, I have to be optimistic: after the injury, we were able to get back on an upward trend, we maximized our technical package and we are back to a very good level now" concluded Di Giannantonio.