Fausto Gresini has decided to field teenager (he’s just 15) Niccolò Antonelli as one of his riders next season in the inaugural Moto3 GP championship.
Niccolò is the son of former Italian CIV rider Igor Antonelli, who also had a couple of wildcard rides in 125cc and 250cc class back in the late ’90s and the youngster is also this year’s 125cc CIV champion winning the title in the last race of the season at Mugello by pipping Romano Fenati by just 0.
019s and two points.
Gresini said he chose Antonelli because “he’s a very promising rider that dreams like Marco [Simoncelli] did.
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