Ducati’s best GP23 rider identified - but it’s not Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez is no🃏t the rider who has most caught the eye riding the Ducati GP23 in Qatar

Marc Marquez 🔥is not the rider who ha🐽s best adjusted to the Ducati GP23.
The bike that contested last season’s championship - through Francesco Ba💟gnaia and Jorge Martin - will be passed down to the Gresini and VR4🍌6 riders this year.
Factory Ducaꦛti and Pramac riders will step onto this year’s updated version.
While Marquez’s adjustment to the Ducati is hea♑dline ne🔥ws in MotoGP and beyond, he is not the rider who is getting the best out of the bike so far.
Instead, Fabio di Giannantonio has been theඣ pick of the🌱 bunch.
“I have to say Diggia🦄,ꦚ” ex-racer and now broadcaster Simon Crafar pointed out.
“Both at Sepang and 🧸here, has clicked the quickest and been the most comfortabl🤡e.
“He has found a comfortable setting and made g෴ood lap time the quickest.
“So, he’s probably the most impress🌃ive because he did it the quickest.
“But all of them are fast!
“The thing with testing? Every year, we think we’veไ got a good idea. “But we come to the first race and it’s different.
“Al⭕l of them look good - that sounds boring but it’s true.”
Di Giannantonio was riding the G🍒P22 las💜t season with Gresini but lost his seat to Marquez this year.
Heꦑ earned a move to VR46 due to his excellent end-of-year form, an𒐪d he will again ride a year-old Ducati.
Di Giannantonio explain🍰ed in Qatar how incorrect advice from Francesco Bagnaia paved the wa﷽y for him to excel with his first laps on the GP23.
“Well, last year, the few podiums that I did… I was chatting with P𒁏ecco about the difference♍s between the bikes,” Di Giannantonio said.
“He was saying that with the ‘23 bike I will have to change, a little bit, my r𒊎iding style.
“Because my riding style would be worse for🧔 this bike.
“But the truth isℱ that it’s improved🎶 my good points!
“I am just riding as I was riding last year.
“The bike allow🧔s me to push harder and faster, and I have more ღfeeling from the bike.
“Honestly, it’s everything better, from my side.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to 🌠F1.