Qatar MotoGP 2023: Giannantonio Wins, Bagnaia Scenario Fails
Fabio Di Giannantonio won his first victory at the Qatar 2023 MotoGP on Sunday, November 19, 2023 in the morning WIB.
The victory was the first for Di Giannantonio at the MotoGP or primary level.
Of course, this victory is very important for his future career because so far the seat for Diggia, as Di Giannantonio is called, is still unclear.
Diggia's dream finally came true. He had thrown out his first win in the remaining two races with Gresini Racing.
Diggia's achievements destroyed the scenario of Francesco Bagnaia who wanted to win the world title at the Qatar 2023 MotoGP.
Diggia already appears to be a serious threat to Pecco, Bagnaia's greeting, as he competes for second place with Alex Marquex and Luca Marini on the fourth lap.
After moving away from the pursuit of Alex Marquez and Marini, Diggia began to follow Bagnaia who had taken over the leading position.
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Bagnaia and Diggia are getting further away from other groups with a distance of almost two seconds on lap 14th.
This is where the second duel was fierce. Diggia. The 25-year-old rider could even cut the distance by only 0.2 seconds from Bagnaia on the 18th lap.
At that time, Diggia received a message'mapping 8' - which in the past was a team order - from Ducati to maintain his position. However, he didn't care about it.
He managed to overtake Bagnaia at Turn 12 on lap 19 after taking sides in Pecco.
Bagnaia, who did not want the scenario to be dashed, again tried to overtake Diggia on lap 20. However, his business at Turn 1 made Pecco almost hit the rear of Diggia's motorbike.
As a result, this condition made Pecco unable to control his motorbike and exit the track. The difference between the two is more than two seconds away.
Diggia successfully maintained her leading position until she finished. Emotional and important victory after she found out it was possible that next season she would no longer be with Gresini Ducati Racing.
You see, the Italian team has found a replacement for the 2024 Diggia season, namely Marc Marquez.
Meanwhile, Bagnaia was still able to maintain the second position. This achievement made him unable to celebrate the world title at the Qatar MotoGP.
Completing the podium, there are VR46 Ducati racer Luca Marini, who finished third.
Maverick Vinales followed Marini by securing fourth place.
Then, Brad Binder was fifth in front of Alex Marquez and Fabio Quartararo of Yamaha, while Enea Bastianini (Ducati) and Jack Miller (KTM) threw Jorge Martin to 10th.
Marc Marquez achieved a poor result after only being able to finish in 11th position.
Qatar 2023 MotoGP Results
1. F. IN GIANNANTONIO
2. F. BAGNAIA
3. L. MARINI
4 M. VINALES
5. BINDER
6 A. MARQUEZ
7 F. QUARTARARO
8 E. BASTIANINI
9 J. MILLER
10 J. MARTIN
11 M. MARQUEZ
12 J. ZARCO
13 M. BEZZECCHI
14 J. MIR
15 A. FERNANDEZ
16 F. MORBIDELLI
17 R. FERNANDEZ
18 P. ESPARGARO
19 T. NAKAGAMI