VR46 Ducati MotoGP rider Fabio Di ✱Giannantonio says the fact he will be working with a fourth new crew chief in as many years in 2025 is “not fantastic”.

Di Giannantonio made his debut in the premier class with Gresini in 2022, wo꧃rking with rookie crew chief Donatello Giova෴notti.

For 2023, Di Giannantonio was partnered with world champion crew chief Frankie Carchedi, which 🉐proved vital for the Italian as it allowed him to make the step to becoming a grand prix winner.

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With V꧑R46 throwing him a career lifeline fo🔯r 2024, Di Giannantonio was paired with former Valentino Rossi crew chief David Munoz as Carchedi remained at Gresini with Marc Marquez.

For 2025, when he takes on a works Ducati at VR46, 𝓡Di Giannantonio wꦉill work with Massimo Branchini, who was Franco Morbidelli’s crew chief at Pramac this year.

“It’s not thꦗe best thing to have in a career, to change four crew chiefs… well, I think more [than that] in꧃ the last years,” he said.

“I had two in Moto2, MotoGP [I’ll have had four]. So, it’s like my sixt♒h crew chief in five years. So, this is not fantastic.

“But I think my new staff w💮ill be amazing also, because my electronics guy has just b🔯ecome world champion with Jorge Martin.

“And Massimo Branchini is a person that I really give a lot of credit to because he has been fantastic in Moto2, and also in MotoGP with Franky he did an i🎃ncredible job.

“I always wanted to work with him, so I think we will ha✅ve strong staff th♚is time.

“And also a two-year deal, so🌸 it will be two years the same people, the same staff 🅰and this will be a big step in my career because I can work in the same path for two years.

“So, this will be really good.”

Di Giannantonio says consistency in who your crew chief is makes understanding a bike from year to yeℱar better, noting that the likes of Francesco Bagnaia got to the level he is at now i🌱n large part because of this.

“It’s always better, because when yo꧙u arrive into the next year with the same bike, same staff, you can compare what you did the last year with the bike and the job you have done to ♛improve,” he added.

“I💟f not, every time you have to start from zero, because you don’t know t🔜he intentions of a modification; you miss something.

꧑“If you see now, Pecco is at an incredible level because he is a great rider, but also because he has💝 had the same bike and same staff for many years.

“In the end, when you have the same bike, same package for many years yo𝄹u can start to work on details and youﷺ can improve much more compared to if you change a lot of things.”