After a season marred by instability, Fabio Di Giannantonio is obvious on what he wants to enhance on his 2026 Ducati MotoGP bike.
The Italian has battled for podiums at instances this 12 months, however struggled to interrupt into the highest six and failed to attain any factors in Brno.
Though his difficulties have been overshadowed by these of Francesco Bagnaia, Di Giannantonio’s sample of ups and downs this 12 months has been similar to that of his compatriot.
Waiting for subsequent 12 months, Di Giannantonio hopes to seek out out much more on the 2026 version of the Desmosedici GP.
“What we’ve got to work on is the entrance as a result of it is a very quick bike, however we have to enhance the entrance to get the sensation that we are able to push extra truthfully,” Fabio Di Giannantonio stated on the Valencia MotoGP on Thursday.
“MotoGP bikes have loads of potential and may go actually quick, however when you do not feel it typically it is arduous to achieve your full potential.”
Di Giannantonio added that the 2025 Desmosedici’s poor entrance really feel makes it troublesome to rise up to hurry on the weekend when pure using would not produce lap instances.
“The overall feeling is that the entrance feels low,” he defined.
“So when you run quick in a pure manner, all the pieces will likely be simpler.
“It’s actually powerful this 12 months when you must discover velocity from the bike, from confidence within the bike, as an alternative of being tremendous quick in a pure manner, since you don’t get that feeling.”
“Strong” Friday
If Di Giannantonio’s MotoGP season has been an inconsistent one, the beginning of the weekend in Valencia was his finest second, ending seventh in observe and advancing straight into Q2.
Di Giannantonio was additionally glad together with his tempo on the used tires and felt he had extra to offer in a single lap.
“It was a very good day,” he stated after Friday’s observe.
“My race tempo as we speak was fairly good and I used to be fairly robust on race tires.
“Additionally, the time assault on the finish was good. I believe I left a number of tenths of a second in some corners, so it wasn’t one of the best lap of my life, but it surely was adequate to get into Q2. So, that was good.”
Regardless of a very good begin in Valencia, Di Giannantonio needs to see if that optimistic feeling remains to be there on Saturday.
“We carried over what was good from the final time we have been right here two years in the past, and the bike appears to be working fairly properly,” stated the VR46 Racing Staff rider.
“I’ve skilled my emotions altering from Friday to Saturday many instances, so I am at all times just a little scared after Friday, however this time I am assured that tomorrow will likely be okay.”
