VR46 MotoGP rider crashed after surprise gust of wind: “I saw umbrellas flying!”

Fabio di Giannantonio caught out by gust of w༒ind during Jerez ♛MotoGP test.

Fabio di Giannantonio
Fabio di Giannantonio

A surprise gust of wind shook up an otherwise ‘OK’ day for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio di Giannantonio during the post-race MotoGP test at Jerez.

The Italian was tenth fastest overall on the timesheets, but said time attacks were never a priority. Instead, his focus was on working with his VR46 techni🙈cal cre💝w as well as some developments for Ducati.

“It was so important for us to understand what I need,” di Giannantonio said. “At the end, [the crew] know me just from races. We never did a test together. So it was important to work a little bit on the setup and try things to make them understan🐓d the direction.”

Ducati provided some parts, including one component, revisited from winter testing, which the Italian said he liked. Otherwise, it was the opportunity to test in a calmer, race-pace-fo🐎cused environment that proved most valuable.

“⛎We just went there with the cruise control on race pace and tried a few things. It was an OK day,” he said. “We didn’t focus on the time attack because it was not necessary.”

Fabio di Giannantonio crashes for unusual reason

The only drama came when di Giannantonio suddenly found himself on the ground at Turn 13, crashing without warning in th🍃e gustꦰy conditions.

“I had a huge gꦛust of wind in that moment. It was a good lap, but not like a track record💞, just a normal lap time - and I completely lost the front,” he explained.

“I was not understanding wha🃏t happened, then I saw a﷽ll the umbrellas from the marshals flying away! Luckily, I was OK.”

With one podium already under his ꩲbelt and consistent top-five form, di Giannantonio insists there’s no need to try any radical changes to his factory-spec Ducati GP25.

“We’ve done almost every time top five this year, with a podium. So it means that we are really fast andꦑ the feeling is al🍸ready there. The bike is working,” he said.

“In my case, it doesn🌱’t make sense [to make big changes]. We just need a few things to maximise the🎃 performance.”

The Italian, who missed most of pre-seaso💯n testing due to injury, heads to the next roun🍸d at Le Mans holding fifth in the world championship.

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