Fabio Di Giannantonio has turned Ducati’s MotoGP title position into a warning rather than a comfort blanket after Assen.
The VR46 rider left the Dutch Grand Prix third in the official riders’ standings on 177 points, 16 behind new leader Jorge Martin, with Marco Bezzecchi still between them on 186, according to the MotoGP championship table.
That margin keeps Ducati firmly alive. But Di Giannantonio’s message was sharper than the scoreboard. Speaking after finishing fourth at Assen, he argued Ducati must still improve its package because Aprilia’s errors have helped keep the championship compressed, a view reported by GPone.
Ducati Still Needs More Than Consistency
Di Giannantonio’s own case is built on damage limitation. He was the leading non-Aprilia finisher at Assen, and that matters on a weekend where Martin, Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura gave Aprilia machinery decisive headline control.
ReadMotorSport has already detailed how Ogura’s Assen numbers turned his breakthrough into a wider MotoGP warning. Di Giannantonio’s angle is the Ducati mirror image: the points gap is survivable, but the performance trend is not yet secure.
The Italian also sits ahead of Ogura by nine points, which keeps him in direct range of the Aprilia-powered surge. But his verdict strips away any easy Ducati optimism. If Aprilia tidies up its execution, Ducati cannot rely on attrition, penalties and recovery rides to keep the title fight within reach.
