{"id":246106,"date":"2025-10-28T10:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/246106\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:24:10","slug":"proud-fabio-di-giannantonio-massive-change-worked-in-malaysian-motogp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/246106\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cProud\u201d Fabio di Giannantonio: \u201cMassive change worked\u201d in Malaysian MotoGP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/995149\/fabio-di-giannantonio\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabio di Giannantonio<\/a> says he\u2019s \u201creally proud\u201d of how he and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/pertamina-enduro-vr46-racing\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VR46<\/a> Ducati crew salvaged their Malaysian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> weekend after making a radical set-up change, the kind, he admitted, \u201cyou never do for the race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fresh from a podium at Phillip Island, di Giannantonio struggled to replicate that form at Sepang, dropping from eighth on the grid to tenth in Saturday\u2019s Sprint.<\/p>\n<p>But on Sunday, a bold overnight shake-up transformed his feelings on the GP25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m really, really proud of how we ended the weekend,\u201d said the Italian. \u201cBecause honestly, the potential was not there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we did a massive change on the bike, on the setup. The kind that you never do for the race. But it really worked, and it was a much, much better feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Although Diggia slipped to tenth in the early laps, the improvement quickly showed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was able to push in the front, to attack, to do some strong braking,\u201d he said. \u201cI was picking up the pace and also reaching top five. At the end, I was not that far with Quartararo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/podium-plus-ducati.png\"   type=\"image\/png\" alt=\"2025 Malaysian MotoGP: Podium plus Ducati riders\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.79\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>2025 Malaysian MotoGP: Podium plus Ducati riders<\/p>\n<p>Still, di Giannantonio lamented that it had taken until Sunday afternoon to unlock the potential that had been missing all weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy and proud of the team, of this \u2018choice\u2019. It&#8217;s just a pity that when the conditions change [at a different track] we start pretty far with the setup. We took too much time to arrive on the setup where you could fight for a great position. Apart from this, I&#8217;m happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>With all riders choosing the soft rear tyre in Malaysia\u2019s extreme heat, Diggia said the 20-lap race was \u201ca proper workout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really have to control the exit of the corner, how you position yourself on the bike,\u201d he explained. \u201cMy tyre never stopped spinning in any gear along the straight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team-mate<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/889477\/franco-morbidelli\" data-entity-type=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Franco Morbidelli<\/a>, on the year-old GP24, finished fourth to reclaim sixth in the world championship, by just one point over di Giannantonio.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabio di Giannantonio says he\u2019s \u201creally proud\u201d of how he and his VR46 Ducati crew salvaged their Malaysian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,17197,15118,806,805,803,804,15119,85],"class_list":["post-246106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ducati","tag-fabio-di-giannantonio","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-pertamina-enduro-vr46-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}