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\u201cIt\u2019s very important to try something different because […] we know that in some races we made some mistakes and we have to change something.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, it\u2019s important to try to make something different \u2013 in the last races we are making, with the crew chief, with the data guy, also with Diggia [Fabio Di Giannantonio], so that\u2019s very important for us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not a new system, it\u2019s just a different kind of work, and it looks like it\u2019s a little bit better.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, in the end, it\u2019s just a system to work, it\u2019s nothing changed with the bike or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nieto emphasised that the changes have come as a result of time, Di Giannantonio having spent 2025 building his relationship with a new crew chief and data engineer, and that the team has had to work with Di Giannantonio on himself as well as his technical package.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSometimes it\u2019s very difficult to find the way between the rider and the crew chief and the data guy,\u201d Nieto explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo try to find a good balance takes some time and sometimes it happens also that you must change something.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, sometimes, we as a team have to say to the rider \u2018Wait, one second, it\u2019s also very important that we are working on you, not only on the bike\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s from time-to-time that we have to make meetings with the rider, with the crew chief.\u201d<\/p>\n
Di Giannantonio went on, after FP2, to qualify ninth in Q2 at Portimao, a session that was ultimately dominated by Marco Bezzecchi while pre-session favourite Alex Marquez crashed at turn three and qualified fifth.<\/p>\n
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