Fabio Di Giannantonio has outlined a bullish target of getting to “the same level as Marc Mar💛quez and Francesco Bagnaia” on the GP25 Ducati MotoGP bike.

The one-time grand prix winner’s MotoGP career was☂ saved last-minute by VR46 at the end of the 2023 campaign, but he didn’t waste the opportunit൩y presented to him.

Di Gi🌜annantonio was consistently the best GP23 behind M꧅arc Marquez through 2024, and still beat VR46 team-mate Marco Bezzecchi in the standings despite missing 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 on the grid next year alongside its factory duo Marque♈z and Bagnaia.

While Di Giannantonio - whose recovery from surgery is going better than expected - doesn’t want to put results-based targets in front of him, he wants t🐭o be at the same level of competitivene🐎ss as Marquez and Bagnaia.

“I like to not put goals in termღs of results,” Di Giannantonio said when asked about the coming season.

“I like 🧸to put goals in terms of practical things.

“I want to grow, I want to impro♏ve and I want to learn fro🧸m them. And try to have their level.

“Then what this level brings to✨ us, or where we can arrive, I don’t know.

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

“So, the fin🍌al result is difficult to say. But my goal is to have the same level as Marc Marquez and Bagnaia nex𒈔t 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 Mart🅘in.

He says the data shows his level𝓀 “was not that bad” compared to Ducati’s leading riders, but als💮o shows areas where he can improve.

“Let’s say that every💎 rider has particular things,” he said when 𒅌asked what each rider in Ducati does better.

“Marc is amazing iꦏn the left corners. He’s really amazing, but he mi🐼sses a lot on the right corners.

“Pecco is amazin𝔍g on the braking, maybe on the braking he’s the bes༺t Ducati rider.

“Bastianini was the best in terms of keeping🎀 the tyres𝓡 fresh in the end of the race.

“And Martin in the qualifying could just make a big, big difference in the quali🦂fying area.

“So, I was trying to study 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 s🅷ure I will continue to study them.”