In the second qualifying session, Dovi was ahead in the first two sections, but unfortunately he fell in the third. His ninth time will allow him to start this Sunday from the third row of the starting grid.
Dovi's Dutch weekend started off in an unpleasant way with his Ducati's engine breaking at the start of the first free practice session, spilling oil which caused his teammate Jorge Lorenzo to crash. After FP1 stopped at the red flag and a long cleaning of the track, the session resumed and Dovi was awarded fourth position, 0.149 behind leader Danilo Petrucci and just a hundredth ahead. Valentino Rossi.
The afternoon was just as prolific with the fourth performance for Dovi, 0.660 behind Maverick Vinales. He was the only Ducati rider in the top six, accompanied only in the top 10 by Danilo Petrucci seventh and Alvaro Bautista ninth,
Saturday morning gave Andrea the opportunity to experience the GP17 in the wet at Assen. Obviously, when you are second in the World Championship, taking risks for nothing is not a priority and he ranked twelfth, while having carefully prepared his machine for the qualifying session.
During the qualifying session, Andrea unfortunately fell and his machine only restarted with great difficulty. He finally managed to return to the pits but too late to hope for a good performance. He had to settle for ninth fastest.
According to Andrea Dovizioso, “ For some reason today we couldn't find the feeling we normally get with the Desmosedici in wet conditions.
“Then, during qualifying, I made a mistake and crashed, which obviously affected my grid position. The team was great getting the other bike together though, and I was able to do two laps with it and improve my grid position a bit.
“Tomorrow it will be important to make the most of the warm up to try to improve the configuration of the bike, but in any case, I think we can have a good race. »
Qualification results:
1. Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 46.141
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 46.206s +0.065
3. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 46.526s +0.385
4. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 46.705s +0.564
5. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 47.574s +1.433
6. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 47.663s +1.522
7. Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 47.812s +1.671
8. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 48.042s +1.901
9. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 48.079s +1.938
10. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* 1m 48.128s +1.987
11. Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 48.266s +2.125
12. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 49.623s +3.482
13. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 47.217
14. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 47.234
15. Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 47.277
16. Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 47.649
17. Alex Rins ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 1m 47.804
18. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 47.947
19. Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 47.957
20. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 48.080
21. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 48.219
22. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 48.448
23. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 48.700
Provisional ranking of the World Championship:
1 Maverick VIÑALES-Yamaha 111 points
2 Andrea DOVIZIOSO-Ducati 104
3 Marc MARQUEZ-Honda 88
4 Dani PEDROSA-Honda 84
5 Valentino ROSSI-Yamaha 83
6 Johann ZARCO-Yamaha 75
7 Jorge LORENZO-Ducati 59
8 Jonas FOLGER-Yamaha 51
9 Cal CRUTCHLOW-Honda 45
10 Danilo PETRUCCI-Ducati 42
11 Alvaro BAUTISTA-Ducati 34
12 Scott REDDING-Ducati 33
13 Jack MILLER-Honda 30
14 Loris BAZ-Ducati 23
15 Andrea IANNONE-Suzuki 21
16 Hector BARBERA-Ducati 21
