VR46 Ducati MotoGP rider Fabio Di Giannantonio says he had “the Avenger feeling” on his method to a podium on the Australian Grand Prix regardless of battling a fever.
The Italian had been quick all through the Phillip Island weekend and appeared like a giant victory risk after Friday’s apply operating.
However his weekend was difficult by a poor qualifying efficiency that left him tenth, whereas on Sunday he was compelled to battle a fever that left him “actually sick” on Saturday night.
Regardless of this, Fabio Di Giannantonio rallied to complete second within the grand prix behind first-time winner Raul Fernandez for his third podium of the season and earn prime Ducati honours on his VR46-run GP25.
“We did an incredible job final week within the preparation of the weekend, as a result of the crew did a number of evaluation and finding out, and understood what the very best package deal might be for us to race with right here,” he stated.
“That was the important thing to creating this sort of efficiency.
“It’s a bittersweet feeling as a result of we all know that we ruined our probabilities to make a potential win after qualifying.
“However it was out of our management, so it’s like this. For certain, the fever didn’t assist in any respect.
“Final night time I used to be actually sick. I needed to get the job performed. We did an incredible race. I’m so pleased with the overtakes as a result of it was not straightforward ranging from P10.”
Hollywood celebrity offers “additional motivation”
Di Giannantonio acquired a go to from Hollywood celebrity Chris Hemsworth on Sunday at Phillip Island.
The Italian stated he felt like he “was like a superhero” through the go to, referencing Hemsworth’s flip as Thor within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which was “additional motivation” for the grand prix.
“I used to be feeling the Avenger feeling, I used to be like a superhero with him within the storage,” Di Giannantonio added.
“It was nice to have him within the storage. It was positively an additional motivation.”
