Fabio di Gianantonio says Ducati are ‘always’ better than the ‘always stuck’.

In the first two races of the 2026 season, Michelin has also seen some of its heat-treated rear tire carcasses. Ducati Bosses Luigi Daleigna and Davide Tardozzi, the bike teamed with the tires, thought the Aprilia RS-GP was better than the GP26 alone.

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Ducati personally thought that Michelin conventional tires would reduce the Aprilia’s advantage.But it is not proven that way. The RS-GP has proven to be the superior bike on a regular basis, and Aprilia duo Marco Bezecicci and Jorge Martin are set to lead the 2026 Riders’ Championship.

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VR46 Star By Giantantonio He is the highest points-scoring Ducati rider so far in 2026, but after the first five rounds he is third with a 44-point deficit to Bezecchi. Gresini’s Alex Marquez is the only Ducati rider to win a Grand Prix, but is 73 points adrift in P8.

Now, after you see Aprilia took their first podium finish at Le MansAs Martin won the French Grand Prix ahead of Bezecchi and Trackhouse’s I Ogura, Di Gianntonio points out that the RS-GP’s biggest advantage over the GP26 is the way their bikes handle corners.

“It is always at the entrance of the corner where the Aprilias are most precise, which allows them to make better use of the exit because they take the edge more firmly and more precisely and precisely from the inside,” said Di Giantantonio. Motorsport.com. “That means less wear on the tires. We’re always stuck on the entry level and that limits us a lot on the exit.”

Martin won the French GP from P8 on the grid last Sunday, and he was able to lap the Le Mans corners more often than his rivals – especially those on the Ducati GP26. Di Giannantonio was the leading Ducati in the French GP in P4 but finished 2.851s shy.

Works Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia had the pace to at least compete on the podium last Sunday. But the two-time MotoGP champion crashed out of the French GP, running second behind Bezeci, with the same brake problem he suffered in the Spanish GP.

Bagnaia has finished just two of the first five Grands Prix this season, with a best finish of P9 at the opening round in Thailand. Giannantonio has been the most consistent Ducati rider this season with two P3 finishes, two P4 results and a P6 of the Satellite Team VR46.