Portimao MotoGP: Fabio Di Giannantonio ‘back fit’, Alex Marquez ‘confident’ ahead of official Ducati debut

Di Giannantonio ended the recent two-day Portimao MotoGP Test unable to complete the final day following a c🃏rash which resulted in him suffering a concussion.
The 24-year-old suffered a concussion after a big impact with the gravel, which he called ‘insane’ due to i𝔉t♚s size.
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But aftꦆer making a full recovery ahead of this weekend’s season-opener, the Italian, who claimꦇed a maiden pole during his rookie campaign at Mugello, is ‘charged up’ and ready to make an impact.
"I’ve been feeling 100% fit for a few days now, and after the hit suffered in the test, it was important t🧸o get back in shape straight away," said the Gresini rider. "I’m charged up for Portugal and for the new race weekend format.
"Po✨rtimao has always been a demanding track♎, so we’ll have to manage the energy well and get in the points straight away.
"We’ll see then where we’re at in Argentina, on a track that it’ꦫs usually quite dirty at the starꦓt of the weekend: it will be important to be quick straight away and be less conservative."
On the other𝕴 side of the garage is new teammate Marquez, who enjoyed a very promising pre-season with the Ducꦏati outfit.

A constant challenger for the top five in both Sep✨ang and Portimao, Marquez appe💧ars primed to make an immediate impact despite the Spaniard confirming he still needs to ‘know the Ducati better’.
Marquez added: "Time to begin finally! We’re coming from a few days of very positive testing and I’m eager to test myself at ෴the track🦄.
"I would have loved a few more days to get to know the Ducati better, but we’re at a good point already and the first t🤪hree-four races of the season will 🧜be key to find the right automatisms and feelings ahead of the season.
"There’s a sprint race to discover, so we’ll dive into the🔯se first two🗹 weekends with renewed confidence."