Fausto Gresini, the denial of the team about the death: “Despite the news of the death, he is still alive, although in critical condition”

Fausto Gresini is “in critical condition” but “Still alive”. His team denies the news, released by Adnkronos me Ap and also relaunched from our site, from the death of the ex World champion in class 125, hospitalized for COVID-19 for almost two months. Originally from Imola, has achieved 60 years on January 23rd. Despite the news in circulation, currently Faust is still with us, although in critical condition, “wrote the Gresini team your Twitter.

His terms has improved on several occasions, without however leading to a cure, and in recent days he has been attached to a mechanical respirator and induced to induced coma The last update of his team, on February 18, before the denial of death spoke of “persistence of severe insufficiency respiratory system “and” complications that cause the critical clinical picture “.

Gresini debuted in 1982 and has always remained in the 125 class 1985 the world’s first triumph over a Garelli, while the following year 4 grand prizes won were not enough to overcome Luca caldarola. the 1987 instead, it was a one-way season, with 10 wins in 11 appointments. In the following years he competed in the chair of Aprilia before and announcement Sling then before retiring in 1995.

Two years later he began his career as manager of the team that bore his name and that won two world titles, one with Daijiro Katoh | in class 250 and one with Toni Elias in Moto2. In MotoGp He has 18 consecutive world championships, first with Honda and then with Aprilia, during which he has repeatedly finished second or third with Sete. Gibernau, Colin Edwards and Marco Melandri. He also ran on his team Marco Simoncelli, the Italian pilot who died in the race to Sepang on October 23, 2011.