Fabio di Giannantonio estimates he’s again at 85% health after lacking the ultimate MotoGP rounds of final season to endure surgical procedure on the left shoulder he dislocated in Austria.
The VR46 rider took his finest outcomes of final season with fourth locations in Phillip Island and Buriram simply earlier than withdrawing, a choice made to make sure he was match for pre-season testing on a factory-spec Ducati in 2025.
Talking in a Zoom name forward of right now’s Pertamina VR46 crew launch, di Giannantonio mentioned:
“I am good. The restoration goes effectively. I am round 85% of the [full] bodily type and I hope to enhance a bit bit extra within the subsequent weeks earlier than the primary take a look at and first race of the season.
“It has been a protracted winter. I did so much a number of work in each space. I can not wait to hitch the monitor within the subsequent week.
“The plan is to trip a number of days with a Panigale at Mandalika, so we’ll take a look at my bodily type earlier than the primary MotoGP take a look at of this yr.”
That debut outing on the Desmosedici GP25 takes place from February 5-7 at Sepang in Malaysia, adopted by a remaining take a look at in Buriram, the venue for the Thai season opener on March 1-2.
“I am absolutely motivated,” di Giannantonio added. “The winter has been lengthy, however was additionally good to get better, particularly mentally, and recharge the batteries.
“So after the crew launch, I can not wait to leap on monitor.”
