VR46 Ducati MotoGP rider Fabio Di Giannantonio says he suffered an ‘surprising’ vibration from his rear tyre which hindered his Spanish Grand Prix dash.
The rear tyre Michelin launched in 2024 led to quite a lot of producers scuffling with vibration points.
Ducati was the primary to get on high of this, whereas solely KTM now appears to battle probably the most with it nonetheless within the early rounds of 2025.
However the challenge cropped up for VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio in Saturday’s 12-lap dash at Jerez, with the Italian struggling to advance on sixth having certified eighth.
“It has been a troublesome race, really,” he mentioned.
“We received some vibration from the rear that we didn’t anticipate.
“So, it was fairly robust, particularly within the final 4, 5 laps of the race.
“I did a great begin, I used to be there, I attacked Maverick, I overtook him and I feel I used to be a bit sooner than Fermin [Aldeguer].
“But it surely was fairly tough to make a transfer on him.
“So, it was a boring race in some way as a result of on the finish no one was attacking.
“For positive we’ve got to work for tomorrow to attempt to be the man on the transfer and attempt to choose up some locations. However I’m good with P6.”
Franco Morbidelli left “nervous” after massive FP2 crash
Di Giannantonio’s VR46 team-mate Franco Morbidelli suffered an enormous crash on Saturday morning throughout FP2 at Flip 3.
He was in a position to stroll away from the quick spill and go on to complete fourth within the dash after ranging from fifth on the grid, although admits he was “actually nervous” he wouldn’t have been ready to participate in any respect.
“I’m simply pleased that this morning nothing occurred,” he mentioned.
“I had an enormous crash and I went towards the air fences. I used to be actually nervous earlier than the race.
“I used to be feeling numerous ache in my neck, however we have been in a position to repair me sufficient to make the qualifying after which to make the dash. So, I’m simply pleased nothing severe occurred.”
