The Romagna native and the victory in Brazil: “It was important to do well in qualifying and in the Sprint, then with the average it went very well.” Di Giannantonio beat Marquez for the podium: “I learned a lot in the challenge. I wanted the victory, but the Aprilias have more in these conditions”
A great victory. Marco Bezzecchi also won the second GP of the season with a dominating race. But what matters most was the how, that is, after a difficult Friday and Saturday. But while working with the team he managed to completely reverse the situation, earning himself a star performance on Sunday. “I also think that we managed to straighten out the situation – he told Sky Sport – on Friday I told myself that I had sucked, I didn’t understand why I was going so slowly. I didn’t understand and I felt like I wasn’t feeling well, but until you look carefully at all the data and analyze everything, you’re always left with doubts. Then we saw that I could make some improvements in riding and clearly the bike could be sorted out a bit during the weekend. On Saturday, however, I was fired up and motivated; I managed to do a good qualifying, which was fundamental. Despite I wasn’t 100% comfortable in the Sprint, I knew I could still improve something. Honestly, I didn’t expect to feel so good on the medium tyre, having never ridden on it, but in the end it went well.”
hero
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The other protagonist of our house was Fabio Di Giannantonio. The Roman took pole on Saturday, fought with Marquez in the Sprint and today with the Spaniard for the podium. Yesterday he didn’t make it, today he did. But he honestly admits that it’s not the same: “Yesterday he won the battle by winning the race, today I won it by making the podium, it’s much better to win the race! But I’m happy because battling with such a strong rider with so much experience is challenging and allows you to learn a lot. My goal today was the podium and trying to win, but I saw that at the beginning the Aprilias had more in these slippery conditions. My goal became to maintain the position and try to catch Jorge Martin at the end.”
the aprilia force
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Diggia then explained what in his opinion the Aprilia has more than his Ducati at the moment: “When the conditions are slippery we lose a lot of grip at the front and we struggle a lot. We can no longer exploit our strong point, which is braking and corner entry. We have to stay much more ‘on eggshells’ and we are unable to bring the angle and speed of travel like they do. They are also positioned better on the exit, they go to the pace first and get the tires up to temperature first. In the end you you play it, in fact I was catching up on Jorge, but it was too late. We have to improve in these conditions.”
marc’s skills
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Closing on the duel with Marquez, who this weekend he was able to analyze very closely: “Marc is very precise, he knows perfectly when to use energy and where. He manages himself a lot during the lap. He always pushes, but he has great control of the bike, especially in the slightly more risky maneuvers that he often does even when riding alone. And then on the left he definitely has something more. I’m trying to study how he does it, but it’s not easy. Let’s say I’ve taken a lot of ideas.”
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