Ducati’s best GP23 rider identified - but it’s not Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez is not the rider who has mo𝔍st caught the eye riding the Ducati GP23 in Qatar

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

Marꦡc Marquez is not the rider who has best adjuste♉d to the Ducati GP23.

The bike that contested last season’s championship - through Francesco Bagnaia and Jorg♊e Martin - will be passed down to the Gresini and VR46 riders this year.

Factory Ducati and Pramac riders will🤡 step onto this year’s updated version.

While Marquez’s adjustment to the Ducati is🌌 headlineꦬ news in MotoGP and beyond, he is not the rider who is getting the best out of the bike so far.

Instead, Fabi🐭o di Giann🐼antonio has been the pick of the bunch.

“I have to s✃ay Diggia,” ex-racer and now broadcaster Simon Crafar pointed out.

“Both at Sepang and here, has clicked the🐼 quickest and been the most comfortable.

“He has found a comfortable setting and made good lap time the qu✱ickest.

🐷“So, he’s probably the most impressive because he did it the quickest.

“But all of them are fast!

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“The thing with testing? Every year, we t🎶hink we’ve got a good ꦜidea. “But we come to the first race and it’s different.

“All of them look good - that sounds ✱boring but it’s true.”

Di Giannantonio was riding the GP22 last season with Gres꧒ini but lost his seat to Marquez this year.

He earned a move to 𒅌VR46 due to his excellent end-of-year form, and he will again ride a year-old Ducati.

Di Giannantonio explained in Qatar how incorrect advice from Francesco Bagnaia pave🐼👍d the way for him to excel with his first laps on the GP23.

“Well, last year, the few podiums 𒉰that I did… I was chatting with Pecco about the differences be✤tween the bikes,” Di Giannantonio said.

“He was saying that with the ‘23 🍷bike I will have to change, a little bit, my riding style.

“Because my riding style would be worse for thi𒐪s bike.

“Bu𓆉꧅t the truth is that it’s improved my good points!

“I am just riding as I was riding last year.

“T🥂he bike allows me to push harder and faster, and I have more feeling 🅺from the bike.

“Honestly, it’s everything better, from my side.”

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