Andrea Dovizioso has still not convinced the relevance of his return to MotoGP, which he had only left for a few months. His aura was intact, shaped during eight seasons at Ducati, a period marked by three vice-world champion statuses for Marc Marquez. But if he left the category, it was because he no longer had handlebars to hold on to and if he returned, it was through an unexpected opportunity born from the crisis between Yamaha and Maverick Vinales. Since then, he has remained subscribed to the last part of the rankings. The criticisms are coming. And not least…
Those which have just been formulated and relayed on Todocircuito are quite hard. But they don't come from just anywhere. They come from the family Lorenzo, father version Chicho, a lineage that has never been lenient with Dovi. The one whose son George was a five-time World Champion, and teammate at Ducati of the Italian during two seasons which have all but strengthened their ties, had already set himself up as prosecutor by noting that Dovizioso, at 35, was neither a pilot of the future nor the present, but indeed a protagonist of the past.
This time, Chicho go further. We thus discover: “ with his mentality, it's already a bad season. He has that “let’s see what happens” mentality. But no, we have to fight » said the elder. “ With this mentality you are already signing your intentions. What people forget is that you have to fight. It is a very competitive sport. If you don't have this ambition, you won't do anything. Don't say that during the season everything will go well, that you won't succeed, that you don't have the attitude, the mentality or the desire ».
“Andrea Dovizioso wants to be here for one more year and retire a little later”
The sum of these elements, boy lorenzo arrives at this conclusion: “ he wants to be here for one more year and retire a little later. When you're in a hole, you can have an angry attitude, and you can have an attitude of giving up. If he does not change his attitude, he is already doing part of what we expected of him: he returned after a sabbatical year, imposed, because he did not have a motorcycle. And he comes back with the attitude of taking a few million, which they will have managed well, I suppose, by gaining two or three kilos and enjoying life ". Close the ban!
