The announcement of Andrea Dovizioso's future plans after his life at Ducati is expected to be made in Valencia. Two Grand Prix are organized there successively. During the first of last weekend, the Italian kept repeating that the revelation would not take long and that he had had the opportunity to speak with KTM, Honda and Yamaha. For what result? According to the latest rumors, no…
Let us summarize the situationAndrea Dovizioso : he leaves a ship Ducati on which he has been sailing in rough seas since 2013, and he wants to participate in a MotoGP project by being remunerated commensurate with his skills affirmed by three statuses of vice-world champion of Marc Marquez. It is with this roadmap that his manager Simone Battistella went to knock on the doors of the manufacturers present in the paddock.
For what result? The strong trend was for a moment that of a position of test rider at Yamaha which would authorize him, alongside this function, to indulge wherever he desires. For example by doing motocross.
A boon for Cal Crutchlow
We were there until today, where in the media The Race savvy Simon Patterson has updated a new direction: a deal with no one, and a year off. Suffice it to say, for the 34-year-old pilot, early retirement.
A situation that opens the doors to Yamaha à Cal Crutchlow which would therefore find a brand rubbed under the awning Tech3, when it claimed the status of satellite of the Iwata brand. The Englishman would be the new test driver, instead of a Jorge Lorenzo decidedly in disgrace and suspended from his spontaneous candidacy at Aprilia for the development of RS-GP…
