Fabio Di Giannantonio says he was pushed down the sphere in the beginning of the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix after getting caught within the “jungle” within the first corners.
The VR46 rider began from ninth on the grid final weekend on the Algarve Worldwide Circuit, and was capable of make good progress within the dash on the Saturday to fifth.
However hopes of a repeat have been dashed on the opening lap, as he slumped to 14th having been muscled down the order by what he termed the “jungle” of the primary few corners.
Fabio Di Giannantonio was capable of combat his approach by way of to ninth by lap 11 of 25, however might solely advance one spot extra after a late go on a struggling Johann Zarco.
The Italian, who was the main GP25 on the end, says much less chaos within the first corners might have allowed him to combat additional in entrance.
Nonetheless, he laid the blame absolutely on his lacklustre qualifying.
“It was sophisticated from the primary lap,” he mentioned.
“The beginning was fairly good, however then the primary nook, the third nook, then the fifth nook was a jungle, and I used to be fairly far again.
“So, I bought to come back again. I did a variety of overtakes, the tempo was good, however solely eighth.
“I feel sure [my race would have been better with less battling in the first few corners], however with ifs and buts, you don’t go anyplace.
“So, we have to work on the qualifying, to start out additional in entrance and keep away from this type of state of affairs on the primary laps.”
Di Giannantonio hasn’t breached the highest two rows in qualifying because the Catalan Grand Prix, the place he completed third within the dash.
He managed to come back from tenth in Australia to second within the grand prix, whereas at Misano he was third within the dash from seventh.
The VR46 rider solely has two entrance row begins thus far in 2025, in Austin and Hungary, each of which yielding podium finishes.
With simply the Valencia Grand Prix finale to go, Di Giannantonio stays in a decent battle for sixth within the standings with team-mate Franco Morbidelli, with 12 factors separating them.
Regardless of needing to go for checks in a neighborhood hospital after a lap one crash in Portugal, Morbidelli is predicted to race this weekend in Valencia.
