Fabio Di Giannantonio

Fabio Di Giannantonio
Di Giannantonio in 2023
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1998-10-10) 10 October 1998 Rome, Italy
Current team	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team
Bike number	49
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2022– Manufacturers Ducati Championships 0 2023 championship position 12th (151 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 57 1 2 1 0 340 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2019–2021 Manufacturers Speed Up, Kalex Championships 0 2021 championship position 7th (161 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 52 1 8 1 0 334 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2015–2018 Manufacturers Honda Championships 0 2018 championship position 2nd (218 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 55 2 14 0 3 505

Fabio Di Giannantonio (born 10 October 1998) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team in the MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 2024.

Career

Early career

Born in Rome, in 2015, Di Giannantonio finished as the runner-up in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, where he had debuted the year before, and in the CIV Moto3 championship.

Moto3 World Championship

Gresini Racing Moto3 (2015–2016)

In the same year, he made his Grand Prix debut in the Moto3 World Championship with the Gresini Racing team at the Valencian Grand Prix as the replacement for the injured Andrea Locatelli, finishing the race in 23rd place.

For 2016, he was signed by the same team as a full-time rider in the same class. At the sixth race of the season, at Mugello, Di Giannantonio achieved his first championship points and his first podium finish with a second place, starting a streak of top ten finishes—including two more podiums, another second place at Assen and a third place in Brno.

Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (2017–2018)

He started the season with an 8th place in Qatar, but Crashed out in Argentina. He Took 3rd in Austin,5th in Spain and another 3rd le mans before taking 2nd in Mugello. A 7th in Catalunya before another crash in Assen. He took 2 more podiums in Misano and Aragon.

2018 started well for Fabio as he took 4 podiums and 2 wins to help his team win the teams championship with his teammate Jorge Martin.

Moto2 World Championship

Speed Up Racing (2019–2020)

Fabio moved to Speed Up Racing in Moto2 for 2019 and he took 2 podiums in Brno and Misano.

2020 didn't fare much better for him as he only took 2 more podiums in Barcelona and Teruel.

Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 (2021)

After two difficult seasons with Speed Up, he decided to move to Gresini for the 2021 season and took 3 more podiums and 1 win ranking him 7th in the standings.

MotoGP World Championship

Gresini Racing MotoGP (2022–2023)

When he moved up to the MotoGP class in 2022, he stayed with Gresini on a Ducati; his best finish was 8th place in the German Grand Prix, ranking him 20th in the standings for the 2022 season. A highlight in an otherwise difficult season was that Di Giannantonio attained his first premier class pole position at Mugello.

2023 was a much better season for him as he took 7 top 10s, a top 5 and 2 podiums. On 12 October 2023, it was announced that Marc Marquez, who ended his 11-year stint with Honda the prior week, will be replacing Di Giannantonio in the Gresini Ducati team for the 2024 season. In the penultimate race of the 2023 season, he scored his maiden MotoGP Grand Prix victory in the Qatar Grand Prix. This was a huge surprise and meant a lot to him amidst the uncertainties of a MotoGP seat for the 2024 season.

VR46 Racing Team (2024)

Ultimately, the strong performances in the last few races of 2023 saw him stay in the MotoGP class, as he moved to the VR46 Racing Team, replacing Luca Marini, who moved to Repsol Honda.

Career statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts
2014	JER1 14	JER1 14	MUG 7	ASS1 9	ASS2 8	SAC1 8	SAC2 5	BRN1 8	BRN2 2	SIL1 8	SIL2 6	MIS 6	ARA1 3	ARA2 16	8th	119
2015	JER1 5	JER1 2	ASS1 2	ASS2 2	SAC1 4	SAC2 1	BRN1 1	BRN2 Ret	SIL1 2	SIL2 11	MIS Ret	ARA1 6	ARA2 1		2nd	194

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2015	Moto3	Honda	Gresini Racing Moto3	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	Moto3	Honda	Gresini Racing Moto3	18	0	3	0	0	134	6th
2017	Moto3	Honda	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	18	0	5	0	2	153	5th
2018	Moto3	Honda	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	18	2	6	0	1	218	2nd
2019	Moto2	Speed Up	Speed Up Racing	19	0	2	1	0	108	9th
2020	Moto2	Speed Up	Speed Up Racing	15	0	2	0	0	65	15th
2021	Moto2	Kalex	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	18	1	4	0	0	161	7th
2022	MotoGP	Ducati	Gresini Racing MotoGP	20	0	0	1	0	24	20th
2023	MotoGP	Ducati	Gresini Racing MotoGP	20	1	2	0	0	151	12th
2024	MotoGP	Ducati	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	17	0	0	0	0	165*	8th*
Total				164	4	24	2	3	1179

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2015–2018	2015 Valencia	2016 Italy	2018 Czech Republic	55	2	14	0	3	505	0
Moto2	2019–2021	2019 Qatar	2019 Czech Republic	2021 Spain	52	1	8	1	0	334	0
MotoGP	2022–present	2022 Qatar	2023 Australia	2023 Qatar	57	1	2	1	0	340	0
Total	2012–present				164	4	24	2	3	1179	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Pts
2015	Moto3	Honda	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 23			NC	0
2016	Moto3	Honda	QAT 26	ARG 25	AME 17	SPA Ret	FRA 17	ITA 2	CAT 9	NED 2	GER 5	AUT 8	CZE 3	GBR 6	RSM 10	ARA 4	JPN 5	AUS Ret	MAL 15	VAL 5			6th	134
2017	Moto3	Honda	QAT 8	ARG Ret	AME 3	SPA 5	FRA 3	ITA 2	CAT 7	NED Ret	GER 11	CZE 21	AUT 6	GBR 10	RSM 3	ARA 2	JPN 7	AUS Ret	MAL 9	VAL Ret			5th	153
2018	Moto3	Honda	QAT 6	ARG 3	AME 5	SPA 7	FRA 4	ITA 3	CAT 7	NED 9	GER Ret	CZE 1	AUT 11	GBR C	RSM 3	ARA 4	THA 1	JPN Ret	AUS 2	MAL 6	VAL 4		2nd	218
2019	Moto2	Speed Up	QAT 11	ARG Ret	AME Ret	SPA 12	FRA 12	ITA 10	CAT Ret	NED 11	GER 4	CZE 2	AUT 14	GBR 6	RSM 2	ARA 11	THA 18	JPN 11	AUS 14	MAL Ret	VAL 9		9th	108
2020	Moto2	Speed Up	QAT 13	SPA Ret	ANC 18	CZE 16	AUT 21	STY 18	RSM 7	EMI 8	CAT 3	FRA 7	ARA Ret	TER 2	EUR Ret	VAL Ret	POR Ret						15th	65
2021	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 3	DOH 10	POR 11	SPA 1	FRA 8	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	GER 4	NED Ret	STY 13	AUT 12	GBR 5	ARA 6	RSM 9	AME 2	EMI 8	ALR 11	VAL 2			7th	161
2022	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 17	INA 18	ARG Ret	AME 21	POR Ret	SPA 18	FRA 13	ITA 11	CAT Ret	GER 8	NED 14	GBR 22	AUT 11	RSM 20	ARA 19	JPN 17	THA 18	AUS 20	MAL Ret	VAL 15	20th	24
2023	MotoGP	Ducati	POR Ret	ARG 10	AME 9	SPA 12	FRA 8	ITA 14	GER 9	NED Ret	GBR 13	AUT 17	CAT 10	RSM 17	IND Ret	JPN 88	INA 46	AUS 3	THA 9	MAL 9	QAT 12	VAL 46	12th	151
2024	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 7	POR 10	AME 6	SPA 7	FRA 67	CAT 56	ITA 77	NED 45	GER Ret	GBR 5	AUT DNS	ARA 8	RSM 9	EMI 14	INA Ret9	JPN 86	AUS 47	THA 48 F	MAL	BAR	8th*	165*

* Season still in progress.

External links

• Fabio Di Giannantonio at MotoGP.com
• Fabio Di Giannantonio at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
• Fabio Di Giannantonio at AS.com (in Spanish)
• Official website