After a season marred by inconsistency, Fabio Di Giannantonio is evident about what must be improved on the 2026 Ducati MotoGP bike.
The Italian has been in a position to battle for podiums at instances this yr, however on different events has struggled to be within the top-six, and in Brno was unable to attain some extent.
His difficulties have been overshadowed by these of Francesco Bagnaia, however Di Giannantonio’s up-and-down sample this yr has been similar to his compatriot’s.
Trying to subsequent yr, it’s entrance feeling that Di Giannantonio desires to seek out extra of within the 2026 model of the Desmosedici GP.
“The realm we’ve got to work is on the entrance as a result of the bike is a super-fast bike however we’ve got to enhance the entrance to have a extra honest feeling the place we are able to push,” Fabio Di Giannantonio mentioned on Thursday on the Valencia MotoGP.
“The MotoGP bike has a super-high potential, you possibly can actually go very quick, however for those who don’t really feel it generally it’s troublesome to extract the utmost potential.”
Di Giannantonio added that the poor entrance feeling he finds on the 2025 Desmosedici makes it troublesome to seek out pace throughout a weekend when driving naturally shouldn’t be producing lap time.
“Let’s say that the overall feeling is there’s low feeling on the entrance,” he defined.
“So, once you go quick in a pure approach, every thing comes simpler.
“When you find yourself not super-fast in a pure approach and it’s a must to discover the pace from the bike, from the belief of the bike, it’s actually robust this yr since you don’t get that feeling.”
“Stable” Friday
If Di Giannantonio’s MotoGP season has been considered one of inconsistency, it was the next second for him in the beginning of the Valencia weekend, ending seventh in Apply to advance on to Q2.
Di Giannantonio was additionally happy along with his tempo on used tyres, and felt that he had extra to present over one lap.
“It’s been a strong day,” he mentioned after Apply on Friday.
“Race tempo was fairly good at the moment, we have been fairly robust with the race tyres.
“Additionally, the time assault was good on the finish; it was not the perfect lap of my life as a result of I feel I left a number of tenths right here and there in a number of corners, but it surely was sufficient to be inside Q2. So, that’s good.”
Regardless of the great begin in Valencia, Di Giannantonio is anxious to see if that constructive feeling remains to be there on Saturday.
“We took what was good from two years in the past that was the final time that we arrived right here and evidently the bike is working fairly good,” the VR46 Racing Crew rider mentioned.
“I’m all the time a bit scared from Friday, as a result of we skilled many instances that the sensation from Friday to Saturday is altering, however I’m assured this time that we’ll be good additionally tomorrow.”
