Slower Di Giannantonio (8th): Frustration and waiting for the final lap

VR46-Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio failed to return to the forefront of MotoGP in Malaysia either. The Italian became emotional and cast a negative shadow over the second half of the season.

Thomas Kuttruf

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01.11.2026 - 15:49

This article is an automatically generated English version. The Original Article was published in German.

VR46-Athlet Fabio Di Giannantonio (8.)
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Rome-born Fabio Di Giannantonio had a disappointing finish to the Malaysian Grand Prix. After finishing fifth in qualifying, Di Giannantonio secured a promising sixth place on the grid and made good use of it in the sprint race by finishing fifth – only to find himself fighting a losing battle for eighth place in the Grand Prix. The number 49 crossed the finish line after 20 laps, just under 18 seconds behind Marc Marquez, who is technically riding the same bike. Team-mate Franco Morbidelli finished two places further back on last year’s Ducati.

Fabio Di Giannantonio explained why the weekend’s most important session turned out to be his worst on the track: “I was riding the bike today, but I wasn’t racing. From lap 1 onwards, there was no real grip on the front tyre. It wasn’t as bad as in Indonesia when the tyre blistered, but I’d lost all grip as well. I just went along for the ride, but never felt confident enough to ride properly fast. The strong vibrations didn’t help either. It was a real shame to lose all the work we’d put in over the weekend like that.”

‘Diggia’ continued: ‘I spent the whole race just waiting for the final lap,’ was the damning verdict from the VR46 racer, who then went on to take a swipe at the bigger picture.

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“The second half of the season really isn’t going well. From GP to GP – there’s always something preventing us from realising our true potential.” With this, Di Giannantonio recalled the early races of the year, when “Diggia” beat Marc Márquez in Brazil, for example, and was the leading force in the Ducati camp during the first third of the campaign.

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