{"id":199764,"date":"2025-10-09T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/199764\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T07:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:00:08","slug":"fabio-di-giannantonio-gp24-id-love-to-try-again-my-friday-bike-in-japan-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/199764\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabio di Giannantonio: GP24? \u201cI\u2019d love to try again my Friday bike in Japan, but…\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amid the ongoing intrigue over the changes Ducati made to Francesco Bagnaia\u2019s factory machine, fellow GP25 rider Fabio di Giannantonio<\/a> insists his primary focus is on a more basic goal.<\/p>\n

Like Bagnaia, di Giannantonio – promoted to a third factory-spec machine at VR46<\/a> this season – has struggled to match Marc Marquez\u2019s heroics on the 2025 bike.<\/p>\n

It certainly hasn\u2019t been a disaster, Diggia surpassing his best MotoGP season points total several rounds ago and fighting for a career high of fifth in the world championship against Pedro Acosta and team-mate Franco Morbidelli.<\/p>\n

Unable to crack the top three last season, di Giannantonio has also made six rostrum appearances in Sprint and GPs.<\/p>\n

But the frustration for the Italian centres on the fact that he\u2019s unable to sustain that form, even from one day to the next.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe, Ducati and the team are working really hard to try and understand what happens with the bike, to understand why the bike is not working constantly in the same way,\u201d di Giannantonio said during the Mandalika weekend.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStill, we need more time to analyse everything and find a clear answer to this. I\u2019m trying to keep the feedback as precise as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

An obvious difference between newly crowned champion Marquez and the other GP25s is that the Spaniard runs the latest aero, while his Italian \u2018team-mates\u2019 prefer the older version.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Marc is on his way. But it\u2019s always been like this all year. Pecco and me, we always looked for something different. And the package, too has been quite different throughout the year,\u201d di Giannantonio said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDucati has lots of parts and we can customise the bike as we want, let\u2019s say. Everybody is trying to find the best combo to go faster\u2026 We\u2019re doing a lot of work.\u201d<\/p>\n

That brings up talk of Bagnaia\u2019s rumoured switch to a GP25-powered GP24 at the Misano test and then Motegi, where he spectacularly won both races from pole\u2026 only to sink to a new low a week later in Indonesia.<\/p>\n

\"Fabio <\/p>\n

Fabio di Giannantonio, 2025 Japanese MotoGP<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019d love to try again my bike from Friday in Japan…\u201d<\/p>\n

Would di Giannantonio, who mirrored Marquez in jumping straight from a satellite GP23 to factory GP25 this season, like to try a GP24?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what? I\u2019m riding the latest version of the bike, that Ducati brings to us. And when it\u2019s working good, the bike is f**king good!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, I\u2019d love to try again my bike from Friday in Japan. But unfortunately, it\u2019s the same bike I did the race with in Japan!\u201d<\/p>\n

di Giannantonio began the Motegi weekend with fifth, two places ahead of Bagnaia, in Friday practice.<\/p>\n

Yet the following morning, he sank all the way to 22nd in final practice. Twelfth and last in Qualifying 2 then became a distant 13th in both races.<\/p>\n

It summed up the yo-yoing form that di Giannantonio has battled all season as he tries to stay within the GP25’s hard-to-gauge performance window.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just want to find a way with the team to have a consistent feeling,\u201d he confirmed. \u201cSomething that works for sure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I wish from the team and Ducati. It\u2019s not, \u2018I want this part, with this part, from whatever year bike\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to find the feeling [consistently] because when we have it, we\u2019ve shown we have unbelievable potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike the record lap time in Sachsenring, or the race in Sachsenring, or the podiums we made this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to find a way with the team to have a constant feeling with the bike.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Fabio <\/p>\n

Fabio di Giannantonio, 2025 Indonesian MotoGP<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tough to accept\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2023 Qatar MotoGP <\/a>winner admits the inconsistency has tested his patience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m growing a lot on this side this year because I\u2019m being really patient, patient, patient,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot to anyone in particular, just on this situation, because the behaviour of the bike changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tough to accept because, honestly speaking, on Friday in Japan I thought I could be one of the guys on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then ten hours later, I was not at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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di Giannantonio starts the final four rounds of this season with a 16-point deficit to team-mate Franco Morbidelli, and with a 24-point gap to bridge to Acosta.<\/p>\n

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