Though Gresini’s Alex Marquez heads into the Qatar MotoGP main the riders’ world championship, it’s VR46 that at the moment tops the satellite tv for pc Ducati pecking order within the groups’ standings.
A podium apiece and constant top-five outcomes for each Franco Morbidelli and Fabio di Giannantonio over the opening three rounds has put Valentino Rossi’s squad second solely to the manufacturing facility Ducati Lenovo squad.
di Giannantonio arrives at Lusail – scene of his emotional MotoGP win for Gresini in 2023 – driving excessive after scoring a primary podium in VR46 colors at COTA. His shoulder harm additionally continues to heal, permitting him to coach onerous through the weekend off.
“The Losail monitor is unimaginable, and it at all times gave me nice feelings through the previous years,” di Giannantonio mentioned. “We arrive in Qatar much more excited after the good end result we achieved in america.
“I believe we will be very quick as a result of we’re constructing an excellent package deal with the bike setup. The vital factor is to remain centered throughout all of the weekend to arrange the races at our greatest to be on the rostrum.
“This week, we skilled lots on two wheels, so we’re prepared for the weekend.”
Morbidelli, di Giannantonio, 2025 Americas MotoGP Dash
Nonetheless, it’s Morbidelli – driving the older-spec GP24 – who has the sting within the riders’ standings, sitting fourth total and ten factors away from his team-mate.
The previous Moto2 Qatar winner has made a formidable begin to life with VR46, and is focusing on one other step in qualifying this weekend.
“We’re heading to a monitor I like, it’s a peculiar race for the instances and the sunshine on the monitor,” Morbidelli mentioned of the night time race schedule. “The sensation thus far is excellent, we began the season in a robust manner, and we should proceed like this.
“We’ll attempt to make one other step in qualifying, and I sit up for racing this weekend. Throughout this week, I skilled on the bike each on monitor and on the ranch to arrange for this distinctive GP.
“I really feel prepared and excited for this night time racing weekend.”
The competitiveness between the team-mates was on full show within the COTA Dash, the place some tight strikes in the end price them each time.
That prompted staff supervisor Pablo Nieto to remind the pair to “respect one another” a bit of extra.
