The Qatar 2022 MotoGP which took place on Sunday night (6/3) was won by the Gresini Racing MotoGP racer, Enea Bastianini. There are two history printed this Italian racer. MotoGP Qatar 2022 became his first victory while competing in the premier class of MotoGP. Second, being the first for the 'Indonesian' Gresini Ducati racing team, which was just established in 2022.
Patrick Adhiatmadja, Executive Advisor of PT Federal Karyatama & PT ExxonMobil Lubricants Indonesia, appreciated the first phenomenal victory of the Gresini Racing MotoGP team, which in the 2022 season resumed its collaboration with Federal Oil, especially thanks to Enea Bastianini's achievements in the MotoGP 2022 series opener at the Lusail circuit, Qatar.
"Enea Bastianini's phenomenal victory, and for the Gresini Racing team in the Qatar MotoGP, makes Indonesia proud. Because this victory is eagerly awaited by racing fans. The existence of Federal Oil, which has supported the Gresini Racing team for a decade since the Moto2 class and is now supporting the MotoGP class, is certainly a very emotional and historic moment. Hopefully this winning trend can continue in the second series at the Mandalika MotoGP, in the next two weeks, "explained Patrick Adhiatmadja.
It is known that Federal oil's involvement in world racing events is long and has a lot of experience. Initially, the Gresini Racing Team officially introduced the livery for the 2022 MotoGP. At that time, Federal Oil became one of the official sponsors and believed this team would appear competitive. After collaborating for a decade in the Moto2 class, Federal Oil finally sponsored Gresini Racing in the MotoGP class.
In this premier class, the racing team is strengthened by Enea Bastianini and Fabio Di Giannantonio. It is known previously that Federal Oil has also been active in sponsoring the Moto2 event, before finally advancing to the MotoGP class.
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Enea Bastianini's victory in the Losail Qatar 2022 MotoGP event is certainly a sweet story for Federal Oil. Obviously, this makes brands from Indonesia in the spotlight, especially in the event the next series takes place at the Mandalika Circuit.
Enea Bastianini's victory
Enea Bastianini started from second position, relatively calm when carrying the Ducati Desmosedici GP21 despite being attacked by several senior racers. The strategy applied to maintain tire performance until the end of the lap to carry out an attacking pattern, turned out to be successful. Even able to get rid of Pol Espargaro who from the start led the race.
The Italian racer finished the race in 42 minutes 13.198 seconds, even setting the fastest time in the race 1:54,337 seconds on lap 17, breaking Francesco Bagnaia's 2021 record, 1:54,491 seconds.
Bastianini after the race expressed feelings of immense happiness. "I tried hard from the start, but the most important thing was to save the tires for the end of the race. I saw Pol so fast up front, but I managed to overtake Binder and then at the end, once I was very close to Pol, realized that I could try to win the race," he said.
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"I passed him at Turn one and he went wide, so from then on it was all about staying in the lead and bringing home the win. It's hard to express how I feel right now, but I want to dedicate the win to Fausto because he gave such great motivation from “up there”. It's a fantastic result for the whole team: we're all in tears of joy now. I'm also very happy for my family at home, so a big thank you to everyone who made this possible."
Meanwhile, the rookie racer for the Gresini Racing MotoGP team, Fabio Di Giannantonio, managed to finish in 17th position. “We are learning and there is still a lot to learn, but I have to be happy with this debut. Obviously, we want to improve a lot and do it quickly, but it's important to finish this first race and collect some valuable experience. Now immediately focus on Mandalika and continue to work with confidence," he explained.
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