Fabio Di Giannantonio ends season on the podium’s edge: ‘I didn’t want to stop but it’s the right decision, we have to be smart’

Better was (almost) impossible. Fabio Di Giannantonio said goodbye to MotoGP in 2024 with another good performance after finishing fourth in the Thai GP and in the end regretted the farewell, confessing that on the one hand he wanted to continue racing, but certain that stopping is the right decision.

 

After finishing the long race in Buriram, the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team rider was happy with the work done and underlined the sacrifices he had to face to race in recent weeks: ‘I’m super happy because I think we did an extraordinary job. These last two months have been very hard on the shoulder, we did a great job at home and it was hard, believe me, it was very difficult to be so competitive and at this level’.

Despite everything, finishing with a positive performance and two races on the podium’s edge is a source of pride: ‘I had to go through many, many hours of physiotherapy when I was in pain, many training sessions with pain, and I think this was a fantastic end to the season because we finished with two tracks with different conditions and two fourth places and that’s a fantastic achievement and we have to be very happy because in the championship we are also eighth at the moment, with many points and ahead of many top riders. I think we did a fantastic job’.

When asked if he was sure he wanted to stop, DiGia replied: ‘It’s very difficult here and now it’s difficult to stop. I did the whole [last] lap saying to myself: «I don’t want to stop, I don’t want to stop» but I have to be smart because this is the right thing to do, we decided it and it will be good to stop, have the surgery and recover to be 100% for the next season ‘.

DiGia will be replaced by Andrea Iannone at least in the Malaysian GP, which dictates the Italian’s return to MotoGP since 2019.

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