Category: Superbikes

1. OLI AND GRESINI CELEBRATE THEIR FIFTH SEASON TOGETHER

   Posted on 12:00pm Tuesday 31st Jan 2023

   Fresh challenges await Gresini Racing and Oli this year, as the two companies shake hands once again for a 2023 season that promises to be an interesting one, thanks also to a new line-up with still undiscovered potential. 
    
   Fabio Di Giannatonio is willing to show all his talent in his sophomore MotoGP year with a bike he now knows well, while new arrival Alex Marquéz will try to change pace with new machinery after a couple of up-and-down seasons. 
    
   OLI, for over 30 years a leading company specialised in production and development of bathroom solutions, namely flushing cisterns and universal mechanisms, will be again one of the official sponsors of Team Gresini MotoGP with great visibility on both Ducati machines #73 and #49 as well as on both riders’ leathers and team uniforms.

    

   ANTÓNIO OLIVEIRA – BOARD MEMBER OF OLI S.A.
   "After a very successful season, we are delighted to continue our partnership with Gresini Racing! As we enter the fifth season together, we look back on a connection between two family companies that with persistence and courage have achieved success on and off the track. The common values between OLI and Gresini have strengthened our bond and make us look forward to another year with confidence! ".
    
   CARLO MERLINI – COMMERCIAL & MARKETING DIRECTOR GRESINI RACING
   “The partnership with Oli is based on a strong spirit of cooperation and this is surely thanks to a deep commonality of values which created between the two companies. A half decade in which we witness plenty of exciting moment, such as last year for example, but also some challenging ones that still saw OLI and Gresini Racing tight together, with an eye towards the future and fully focused on the goals to achieve. I would like to thank Federica and Antonio for the renewed confidence in Gresini’s MotoGP project, which I’m sure we’ll repay with the emotions that our riders will be able to deliver.”

    

2. YOUALL AND GRESINI MOTOGP, TWO MORE YEARS TOGETHER

   Posted on 12:00pm Wednesday 11th Jan 2023

   A new year approaches with new challenges and consolidated allies… The partnership between Gresini Racing and YOUALL enters its sixth year, with a two-year agreement that will see the Chinese company alongside the MotoGP team for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
    
   A leading company in the production of all-in-one carburettor-fuel injection systems, YOUALL embraces the arrival of Alex Marquez and confirms its commitment on both the 2022-spec Desmosedici machines, on the riders’ leathers, team uniforms, pit-box panels, trucks and hospitality of Team Gresini Racing MotoGP.
    
   Total visibility has been granted to YOUALL, with the company aiming at more success with the team lead by Nadia Padovani. 

3. DELTOMED AND GRESINI MOTOGP TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP IN 2023

   Posted on 12:00pm Monday 14th Nov 2022

   Deltomed, the leading Indonesian Company in the ‘herbal medicine’ sector will continue its journey in the premier class with Team Gresini MotoGP. 
   
   The 2023 season will be the sixth consecutive one together for Deltomed and Gresini Racing, with the Antangin brand still present on the front fairing of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Alex Marquez’s Desmosedici machines, on the leathersuits of both riders as well as on the pit-box panels, team transportation vehicles and TV backdrops.

   MULYO RAHARDJO – CEO DELTOMED
   “After going through an exciting Journey, We are very proud Antangin still becoming part of Gresini family for the sixth year, which brings Deltomed with its brand, Antangin to become a trusted global brand. We are very happy of this partnership and we can not wait for Alex Marquez and Di Giannantonio’s action in the race and become a champion in this season ."
   
   CARLO MERLINI – GRESINI RACING MARKETING AND COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
   “I’m delighted to announce the continuation of the partnership between Deltomed and Gresini MotoGP. It’s another long-time tie that every year becomes stronger and stronger, for the massive activation that they plan and implement but also for the deep spirit of partnership that drives this relationship since the first time Pak Mulyo and I met back in 2016. Let’s look forward to another exciting season that I’m confident will deliver fun and excitement to Antangin’s consumers and all the Indonesian fanbase.”

    

4. 2023 IS ALREADY HERE: ALEX MAKES GRESINI RACING DEBUT, TOP-SIX

   Posted on 6:00pm Tuesday 8th Nov 2022

   #ValenciaTest. The off-season is around the corner and after saying goodbye to Enea Bastianini, Team Gresini MotoGP has started the road to 2023 with the new rider duo of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Alex Marquez. Both standard bearers got to grip today with the 2022-spec Ducati Desmosedici machine. 
   
   Expectations were high especially for the Spaniard, who made his on-track debut aboard Ducati machinery. The #73 had a steady and safe approach: with a total of 73 completed and a best personal lap of 1’30.712secs, he was not far from the top of the timesheets. It was more of a shakedown for him, with the former LCR rider who worked exclusively on the feeling with the bike and the electronics.  
   
   On the other side of the garage, Fabio Di Giannantonio started the working relationship with his new crew chief Frankie Carchedi. It was an important day for the #49 on many areas: he completed a significant number of laps especially with used tyres in order to find immediately a competitive set-up ahead of next season, with a special focus on electronics and rear brake. He finished 6^th quickest with a total of 68 laps completed.

   6^th - FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO #49 (1’30.483s)
   “It was probably my best day since I made my MotoGP debut. The new bike is fantastic and I was feeling better in every area where I was struggling before. Now we’ll enter the off-season with great excitement. We’ll try to keep both feet on the ground and work hard to be ready for Sepang. It was immediately a great feeling with Carchedi and looks like results are already coming.”
   
   14^th - ALEX MARQUEZ #73 (1’30.712s)
   “It was an exciting first day and I must say I really had fun on the bike. There is a great atmosphere in the team and I felt comfortable straight away – I was already half Italian so… Ducati supported me from the first moment and it’s going to be a long winter before jumping back on the bike. We want to do a good job and arrive in good form at Portimao.”

5. ALEIX AND MAVERICK OUT OF THE RACE DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS

   Posted on 12:00pm Monday 7th Nov 2022

   THIS BLACK SUNDAY DOES NOT CANCEL OUT THE SEASON WHERE APRILIA MADE A GREAT LEAP FORWARD IN ALL THE STANDINGS ACHIEVING THE BEST RESULTS EVER IN THE PREMIER CLASS

   The MotoGP season did not end as hoped (and probably deserved) for Aprilia. Both Espargaró and Viñales stopped due to technical problems, probably fuel draught for Aleix and at the front of the bike for Maverick. These are problems that had not occurred throughout the weekend where, to the contrary, both riders demonstrated an outstanding pace and started from good positions, but where they were kept from battling for the desired results in the championship standings.

   In Valencia, Aprilia ends the season of their first world championship win, a total of nine podium finishes and two pole positions, with records set in terms of points and placements. Never before, in their brief history, had Aprilia risen so high in the premier class.

   Aleix Espargaró
   “Battling for third place was a dream for me, something historic, especially with the current level of the championship. I think it would have been possible but unfortunately, a technical problem forced me to withdraw. It’s a pity after the season we had. I gave it my all from the first to the last race and I have no regrets. That’s racing – things don’t always go the way you expect them to. Now we need to continue working because next season represents a new opportunity to do well.”

   Maverick Viñales
   “What happened is a real pity. We had the pace and rhythm to battle for the very top positions but I had a problem with the front of the bike and my race ended there. We’ve done a lot this season but we need to improve. I had problems in the early stages of the season finding the right settings and then again in the finale. We need to work hard and learn from this season.”

   Massimo Rivola – Aprilia Racing CEO
   “We are angry and disappointed. Evaluating our season, we should look at the glass as half full, but it’s hard for me to do that today. We had goals that were within our potential and deserved, such as third place for Aleix and second in the Constructors and Teams standings. Extraordinary results that would have been the just rewards for the hard work done by all of Aprilia Racing but evidently we are still not accustomed to battling consistently for the highest objectives. In order to do that, we need to learn to always be perfect, on the track and in Noale. Our championship season is still important and represents an exceptional base of results from which to resume. The last race does not change the certainty that we made a huge step forward and we’ll be back in 2023 to try again with four bikes on the track and renewed ambitions. Now I’d like to congratulate Ducati and Bagnaia for their season and say goodbye to Suzuki, in the hopes that we’ll see them again in the future."

    

   Romano Albesiano - Aprilia Racing Technical Director
   “The 2022 bike turned out to be a potentially victorious project. What happened in the last part of the season should be the starting point to improve on every aspect of our work, from the design of the new RS-GP all the way to managing it in the race. However, we are finishing the season with results that few would have thought possible for us at the season start. It was precisely the highly competitive level of the bike and our riders that brought to light the aspects where we need to improve in order to be consistently at the top. This is our goal for the season that will begin in two days.”