Moto3 Estoril: Niccolò Antonelli “We can be largely satisfied”

If for once the dear Romano “Fenny” Fenati is missing from the checkered flag then it's up to the other rookie to have his say for us Italians: Niccolò Antonelli today confirmed himself again and again in a positive way. After two races in which he always managed to finish in good positions (in Qatar he finished 17th and in Jerez 8th) today he was able to remove himself from the shadow of the aura created around his friend from Ascoli of Team Italia, to be able to raise your hand and say "I'm here too", obviously all in great friendship and great respect. The 16-year-old from Cattolica who grew up in the ranks of the Italian Speed ​​Championship with Team Italia Gabrielli today concluded a comeback race from 12th position to 6th. The sixth place, the result of a melee with the Spaniard Efren Vazquez for fifth position, is a joy for Gresini where the "wolf", nicknamed by his father Igor, declares:

“It was a good race and at the beginning I had a lot of fun when I was in the leading group. Then when the tires dropped I was struggling a bit because we're not yet perfectly fine with the set-up. But in the end I fought for fifth place and it was nice. Maybe if I had managed not to lose ground from third and fourth I could have competed with them but I'm still happy. Considering that it is the second race with this bike and the first real weekend completely in the dry, we can be largely satisfied.”