Di Giannantonio crashes with Marquez in Austin
For the second consecutive Sprint, Fabio Di Giannantonio is thwarted by Marc Marquez. If in Goiânia the Spaniard had taken the victory with an overtake on the VR46 rider, in Austin it went very differently: Marquez, with an overly aggressive maneuver at the end of the long straight leading to turn-12, crashed and inevitably took out the Roman, earning himself a long lap penalty for tonight’s GP.
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A setback for Di Giannantonio, who started from pole position and was knocked out of the short race in Austin through no fault of his own. But the Roman does not lose confidence ahead of tonight’s event.
Di Giannantonio’s words
“I believe the incident is quite clear, there aren’t too many points of view. I am a rider, there are stewards who judge these situations. I saw Marquez at the last moment, I was entering the corner and I had braked very hard“, this was the comment to Sky Sport MotoGP. “I was holding my line, then I saw the bike in a completely opposite direction and I had to pick it up. Then what happened, happened. I crossed paths with Marc but we didn’t have a chance to talk“
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“I am very happy with how we are going, we are very fast and we have a great pace. We are strong in different conditions and we don’t touch it much, which means the bike is super competitive, the team is doing a great job and I am there“, he added. “In the Sprint what happened, happened, but we are coming off another pole position and we are going strong. Tires? We’ll see, we haven’t decided yet. I’ve always felt good with the soft, but a good start will be fundamental“.
