{"id":626439,"date":"2026-04-23T20:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/626439\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:35:08","slug":"fabio-di-giannantonio-trying-to-win-every-race-amid-motogp-future-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/626439\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabio Di Giannantonio \u201ctrying to win every race\u201d amid MotoGP future speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">VR46 Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio says his focus is on winning MotoGP races while his manager is left to negotiate his future.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Di Giannantonio is out of contract at the end of this season and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/pertamina-enduro-vr46-racing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VR46 Racing Team<\/a> is thought to have decided on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1043650\/fermin-aldeguer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fermin Aldeguer<\/a> for one of its seats for next season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That leaves one seat open, theoretically, for Di Giannantonio, although his options aren\u2019t necessarily limited to the team he joined in 2024.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of speculation, but it\u2019s also a positive situation: at twenty-seven, knowing there\u2019s interest in you is important,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/995149\/fabio-di-giannantonio\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabio Di Giannantonio<\/a> said, as reported by GPOne.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the position I\u2019m in. That said, I want to stay completely focused on the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn fact, I don\u2019t want any distractions. I have a manager who handles all that contract negotiations].\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI just think about being fast and trying to win every race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Di Giannantonio added that he\u2019s been dealing with some physical issues during the break since the US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> at the end of March.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn recent weeks, I\u2019ve had some back pain following the falls in Brazil and the Sprint race in America,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe ran some tests and found a small fracture, but nothing to worry about. It\u2019s mostly a result of accumulated pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cOver the past few weeks, I\u2019ve focused on recovering, trying to get back into the best possible shape, even taking a few days to mentally disconnect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAt the moment, I still have discomfort, especially in certain positions, but it\u2019s manageable and shouldn\u2019t limit me this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cUp until now, I\u2019ve been using painkillers, but I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll be necessary here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Di Giannantonio enters the Spanish Grand Prix (24\u201326 April) lying fourth in the standings as the highest-placed Ducati rider, although he\u2019s only scored one grand prix podium \u2013 that coming at the Brazilian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VR46 Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio says his focus is on winning MotoGP races while his manager is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,15118,806,805,803,804,15119,85],"class_list":["post-626439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","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\/626439","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=626439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}