Japanese Grand Prix, Motegi, MotoGP J.3 Andrea Dovizioso: “I need to study Marc Marquez more and invent something to beat him”.

The matter is closed. Despite his good will and great desire, Andrea Dovizioso could not block the road to success for a Marc Marquez triumphant at the end of this Japanese Grand Prix. Everything was settled in turn 10 of Motegi two laps from the checkered flag. The Ducati rider had just handed over the controls to his Honda counterpart but was preparing to counter-attack when…

History will remember a mistake by the man in red who played at the limit with that of HRC who was also at his maximum. DesmoDovi explains: “ I believed in it until the end, so much so that I am disappointed to have let the front of the bike slip away. I didn't get into this corner very quickly. My mistake was to want to prepare for its release with too much haste. I should have prepared my turn well before thinking about attacking it. I kept gas in the handle ».

Then he admits: “ we cannot say that with 100 points behind at four Grands Prix from the goal we lost because of a race. We are playing for victory since Brno and Marquez was able to do better than us. The reality and the facts are that we still have to progress.”

He finishes : " we are fast but Marc still had something extra. I need to study it more precisely. From now on, I will prepare for next year. We have to invent something to beat him. Today, he is the strongest, he is more than 100 points ahead of me in the championship and that is something significant. There are not 100 points between our two bikes. He's the one who makes the difference ».

Japanese Grand Prix, Motegi, MotoGP J.3: classification

1	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	42'36.438
2	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	+1.573
3	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	+1.720
4	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	+6.413
5	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Ducati	+6.919
6	5	johann zarco	Yamaha	+8.024
7	25	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	+13.330
8	26	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	+15.582
9	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	+20.584
10	55	Hafiz Syahrin	Yamaha	+24.985
11	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Honda	+25.931
12	38	Bradley SMITH	KTM	+26.875
13	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	+27.069
14	89	Katsuyuki NAKASUGA	Yamaha	+32.550
15	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	+37.718
16	10	Xavier SIMEON	Ducati	+39.583
17	81	Jordi TORRES	Ducati	+39.839
18	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	+42.698
19	45	Scott REDDING	Aprilia	+49.943
20	12	Thomas LUTHI	Honda	+52.707
21	50	Sylvain GUINTOLI	Suzuki	+ 1'01.848
		Not Classified
	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	10 lapses
	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	12 lapses
	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	14 lapses
	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	18 lapses