Fabio Di Giannantonio has outlined a bullish t𝔉arget of getting to “the same level as Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia” on the GP25 Ducati ꦕMotoGP bike.

The one-time grand prix winner’s MotoGP career wa🦄s saved last-minute by VR46 at the end of the 2023 campaign, but he didn’t waste the opportunity presented to🍎 him.

Di Giannantonio was consistently the best GP23 behind Marc Marquez through 2024, and still beat VR46 team-mate Marco Bezzecchi in the standings despite ܫmissing the last two rounds to have surgery on the shoulder he dislocated at the Austrian GP.

So impressive was Di Giannantonio’s form that Ducati has given him the final GP25 it will field on𒈔 the grid next year alongside its factory duo Marquez and Bagnaia.

While Di Giannantonio - whose recovery from surgery is going 𒅌better than expected - doesn’t want to put results-based targets in f🏅ront of him, he wants to be at the same level of competitiveness as Marquez and Bagnaia.

“I like to not put goals in terms of resu🐬lts,” Di Giannantonio sa🌱id when asked about the coming season.

“I like to put goals in terms of practical thi🎶ngs.

“I want to grow, I want to improve and I want to learn from them. An🍒d try to have their level.

“Then what 𝓀this level brings to us, or w꧃here we can arrive, I don’t know.

“The results are a matter of many, many things: injuries, results, ꦡcrashes, choices.

“So, the final result is difficult to say. But my goal is ♚to have the same level as Marc Marquez and Bagnaia next year.”

Being part of the ✤Ducati stable has allowed Di Giannantonio access to the data of the likes of Bagnaia, Marquez and 2024 world champion Jorge Martin.

H🎀e says the data shows his level “was not that bad” compared to Ducati’s leading riders, but also shows areas where he can improve.

“Let’s say that every rider h♈as particular things,” he said when asked what each rider in Ducati does better.

“Marc is amazing in the left corners. He’s really amazing, but he misses a🍎 lot on the right corners.

꧟“Pecco is amazing on𓆏 the braking, maybe on the braking he’s the best Ducati rider.

“Bastianini was the best in 𒁃terms of keeping the tyres fresh in the end of the race.

“And Martin in the qualifying could just ma꧙ke a big, big difference in the qualifying area.

“So, I was trying to stꩵudy more Martin and Pecco, and sometimes Marquez because we had 💦the same bike.

“But honestly, and luckily, this year my level was not ♈that bad, so the difference was not so much. For sure we have many areas we have to improve and for sure I will continue to study them.”