Leading Ducati MotoGP rider Fabio Di Giannantonio has responded to rumours linking him to several big 2027 moves, while calling for his current VR46 team to be respected.<\/p>\n
The Italian remains Ducati\u2019s top rider in the championship after four rounds, having taken two podiums to sit third in the standings.<\/p>\n
His blistering start to the 2026 campaign has put Fabio Di Giannantonio<\/a> in high demand, with reports linking him to a factory KTM move, as well as Trackhouse Aprilia.<\/p>\n KTM had initially been set to pair Alex Marquez<\/a> with Maverick Vinales<\/a>, but the latter\u2019s slow start to the year – as well as injury troubles – had now thrust Di Giannantonio into the picture.<\/p>\n Asked about these rumours after finishing third at the Spanish Grand Prix, Di Giannantonio was delighted by the interest, but joked he doesn\u2019t have his future sewn up \u201clike 2023\u201d.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly speaking, I want to be always honest on these things because I don\u2019t want to be gaming, or something,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n \u201cI said also on Friday, some of you asked me something similar.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m grateful for the moment I\u2019m living. We are doing a really good job on track, and it reflects for the future, for sure, with a lot of teams who want me on their side.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd this is amazing. As a human before a rider, it\u2019s super. It means you are doing a good job.<\/p>\n \u201cApart from that, we still have everything open, honestly. I know with my staff our priorities.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cWe say to the directly interested people.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, we know our priorities, but everything is fully open because I don\u2019t have anything at the moment. At the moment, it\u2019s like 2023, honestly speaking, at this exact moment.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m pleased about the interest around, but there\u2019s nothing I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018Rider speculation not great\u2019<\/p>\n Di Giannantonio went on to add that he felt the constant rumours about 2027 were \u201cnot that great\u201d, suggesting it was direspectful to a rider\u2019s current team with so much of the season still to go.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I can say one thing: Ok, we need this for the fans, we need news, but I think it\u2019s not that great,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cWe are in the fourth race of the year, and I\u2019m wearing these colours.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd until the end of the season, I will wear these colours. So, while I\u2019m with these colours, this is the best team ever, this is the best bike ever.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd it should be like this for all of us. I think also from home, from the people, we should focus more on what we are doing on track.<\/p>\n \u201cI think every one of us is doing great things and this should be the important points where we should talk more.<\/p>\n \u201cImagine if I say I go to another place now and I have to go the garage to party with my team.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not that nice. Talking about the human side, let\u2019s just keep talking about the racing, and for sure, everything will arrive soon. Let\u2019s put the focus on that we are doing a great sport – just this.\u201d<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leading Ducati MotoGP rider Fabio Di Giannantonio has responded to rumours linking him to several big 2027 moves,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642579,"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-642578","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\/642578","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=642578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}