Braking gains help di Giannantonio to fastest time, "can be one of the top guys" at Le Mans

Fabio di Giannantonio leads the Jerez MotoGP test an꧅d, if braking gains carry across, thinks he can be "one of the top guys" at Le Mans.

Fabio Di Giannantonio, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP, 26 April
Fabio Di Giannantonio, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP, 26 April

A day after team-mate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi had taken VR46’s first MotoGP podium of the season, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio di Giannantonio put his machine on 𝔍top of the J♒erez testing timesheets.

di Giannantonio was quickest for 🍃much of the day courtesy of a 1m 36.405s set on his 23rd of 70 laps.

Having taken a step in braking and corner entry with the GP23, last year's Qatar race winner feels he can be among the 'top gu𝔉ys' next time at Le Mans.

It alway♛s seems to be a surprise to 🉐people that I’m fast!” di Giannantonio said of the reaction to his Jerez test performance.

“I think we are strong, the team is fantastic and also today we've made an incredible job. Ducati a🦄🌠lso gave us some updates. So it was important to try many things and we've been fast.

“I always try to improve my riding style but also, with the bike, we were missing a little bit of stopping, especially in the last part 🧔of braking, because the GP23 pushes a lot the front.

“So it’s difficult to take the right line, preparing well for the [corner] exit. And today we improve🐠d in that area. So that's really good.

“We can go to Le Mans with a lot o♎f positives. And if we confirm all the good things f✱rom this test, I think we can be one of the top guys.”

The Italian feels his results this season (best of sixth) don’t correlate with the speed shown at other points of each weekend, although his 34 points are still double the amount he scored at the same stage last year🐬.

“We’ve had a few issues, but they ⛎were not about the setup," di Giannantonio said.

“I think we've been f🌄ast, honestly. I'm happy about my start of the season. Also this [Jerez] weekend we've been quite fast, just in the race I missed the first 2-3 laps because I was struggling a little bit with rear tyre.”

The first challenge for di Giannantonio and Bezzecchi at Le Mans will be to try and 🐓score VR46’s first Sprint race points of theꩵ season.

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