A Sprint podium at the Valencia MotoGP came after Fabio Di Giannantonio\u2019s second front row qualifying of 2025, but the Italian still had to fight forwards.<\/p>\n
Di Giannantonio had a poor start, and dropped to fifth early on, then passing Fabio Quartararo and Raul Fernandez in the 13-lap MotoGP<\/a> Sprint to claim a first Saturday podium since he was third at Misano.<\/p>\n But the VR46 Racing Team<\/a> rider indicated after the race that the start was a symptom of something he, the team, and Ducati has been trying to solve all year.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are trying to work a lot with Ducati because the start for our bike is pretty inconsistent \u2013 like the feeling this year, let\u2019s say,\u201d Fabio Di Giannantonio<\/a> said after the Sprint.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, we are trying to improve this.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cToday, unfortunately, the start was bad, we lost some positions, and it was difficult then to stay close to Pedro [Acosta] and Alex [Marquez].\u201d<\/p>\n On the start itself, he added: \u201cYou never know until you release the clutch, let\u2019s say.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSo, we are trying to understand how is the better preparation to have a constant performance at the start, but still we are not there; because this morning I did the best start of Ducati of this weekend after the QP [qualifying], and then in the race was maybe the [worst], and my manoeuvre was the same. Anyway, we have to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n