Honda Motor Europe Ltd. Italy: a memory of Fausto Gresini one month after his death [PHOTO]

Honda Motor Europe Ltd. Italy Recalls Fausto Gresini. Retracing the relationship with the champion and team manager, who passed away a short time ago, it is immediately clear that he did it “one of the solid pillars on which some of the most beautiful sporting activities of the Casa dell'Ala in Italy were founded”.

A champion on the track and trackside

Fausto Gresini he was a champion of the 125 and a very skilled one team manager. On this occasion, his attention to the riders is recalled, both in the MotoGP field or in the Honda academy: “Fausto followed them and cared for them with the same desire to support them”. A man “rich in his visceral passion”, also recalling the commitment to exclusivity HIRP project, Short for Honda Italia Racing Project.
Honda Italia, Honda Motor Europe, the former students, the technical staff and the training staff of the HIRP, as well as Vito Cicchetti General Manager of Honda Italia for several years and Carlo Fiorani former HRC Team Manager and today Motorcycle Racing Communication Director, all of them they feel the lack.

Carlo Fiorani remembers “his great humanity and his ability to involve people with his passion and strength”, without the fear of showing their respective emotions. Triumphant moments like those experienced by Honda and Gresini Racing with the conquest of world titles in 250, Motorcycle 2 e Motorcycle 3, therefore the placings of honor in the seasons 2004 e 2005 in MotoGP with Sete Gibernau and Marco Melandri. There were also difficult moments, but they allowed us to strengthen “the relationship of entrepreneurial esteem and the personal friendships between the members of Gresini Racing and Honda Italia”, recalled Vito Cicchetti who recalled the co-marketing activities together with Gresini Racing and the aforementioned HIRP project for a new generation of Italian two-wheel champions. One aspect also emerges: “Fausto's great strength was being able to transfer his positivity to the whole team”.

A tenacious and forward-thinking man, like when he founded his own team in 1997, just three years after hanging up his racing suit. Carlo Fiorani still remembers his determination in every activity. He didn't do it especially after the disappearance of Dajiro Kato and Marco Simoncelli. Two events that affected him, but he continued to fight remembering them. Difficult moments for Gresini Racing and also for Honda Italia, as indicated again by Vito Cicchetti. Fausto Gresini will remain an example in the world of sport.

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