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\u201cI think at the moment Aprilias are entering the corners in an incredible way. What makes them save the tyres until the end is that they do what you have to do with the front and then they exit the corner with the rear.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are much more linked with the rear, and we do everything with that. So if you are super, super good with the management of the rear [tyre] you can have a chance.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut still, you never have the chance to be aggressive and have the precision of the front of the Aprilia at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
di Giannantonio<\/a>, currently third in the championship behind Aprilia duo Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin<\/a>, said Ducati riders are forced to take greater risks with the front tyre in order to preserve the rear.<\/p>\n \u201cI did all the Mugello race saving the rear, but closing the front ten times. You need to risk a lot with the front and [Aprilia] are much more precise.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Jorge Martin, 2024 Barcelona Test.<\/p>\n \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n “It’s not a secret”<\/p>\n The Italian then pointed to Martin’s first impressions of the RS-GP after leaving his title-winning Pramac Ducati in 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it is not a secret at all. When Martin joined Aprilia, if you remember the test in Barcelona, the first comment was \u2018the front is amazing\u2019. I think that what\u2019s missing at the moment for us,\u201d Diggia said.<\/p>\n The Catalunya winner believes Ducati could previously mask the issue because it held larger advantages in other areas.<\/p>\n \u201cI think in the years when Ducati were ahead of the competition in many more areas. Now the competition worked, and in some things are the same as us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cSo now that we are pushing the bike to the real limit, the front is the more critical point and becomes more visible.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause we never changed that much in the front, it has been out little weak point.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you remember Pecco in 2023 in Austin he was saying the bike was too good, and then suddenly he was losing the front. He never understood why.<\/p>\n \u201cMe, Pecco and sometimes last year Marc was struggling with the front.<\/p>\n \u201cMarc for sure was amazing but he would crash with the front without knowing it.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cIt has always been a super bike, our bike, and the package is incredible but still the front has always been a thing to think about.<\/p>\n \u201cNow that the level is really high and we really have to push to the maximum level, to squeeze the bike, the front starts to be an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n Fabio di Giannantonio, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP.<\/p>\n \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n Ducati does it all with the rear<\/p>\n Ducati\u2019s only grand prix wins this season were by Alex Marquez in Jerez and then di Giannantonio in Barcelona. The other five have been won by Aprilia, including last weekend\u2019s Mugello round.<\/p>\n \u201cI am not saying we don\u2019t have chances. For sure our bike is incredible and we can fight with the Aprilia, but at the moment they have a little something extra than us\u2026<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cAs I said before, Aprilia brakes [more] with the front and uses the rear to exit the corners.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do it all with the rear. So if, sometimes, you don\u2019t manage the rear you can have a massive drop.\u201d<\/p>\n di Giannantonio arrives at Balaton Park 39 points behind leader Bezzecchi and 22 adrift of Martin.<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabio di Giannantonio believes Jorge Martin highlighted Ducati’s biggest MotoGP weakness the moment he stepped onto an Aprilia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[18009,64,63,17197,15118,5744,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-715182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-aprilia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ducati","tag-fabio-di-giannantonio","tag-jorge-martin","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715182","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=715182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Jorge](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1199369_hires.jpg\")
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