Andrea Dovizioso, like the rest of his MotoGP colleagues, entered his vigil of arms since the off-season officially ended on Monday with the last of three days of testing in Qatar. The opportunity to gain momentum and Andrea Dovizioso found two subjects to help him: Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Márquez…
Andrea Dovizioso can both be considered as one which should be several times titled with Ducati, if history had not put a phenomenon like Marc Márquez. He can also be approached as the eternal second. Which, fundamentally, is the same thing, but the consideration, from this angle, is different. For example, it does not make him equal to a Red or Lorenzo. However, he has proven to be more or less at the same level since 2017. Precisely the year when Por Fuera became his teammate…
Would he then have been stung to finally transcend himself and show himself in his best light? A version that Dovi debunks: “ Ducati has surely improved. We worked hard for years and in 2017 we reached a certain level. I don't think it's undeserved, quite the contrary. “, he told “La Gazzetta dello Sport”. But since I've been here, strong riders and champions have come through Ducati: if the bike had been as superior as some claim, one would have to conclude that they weren't as strong... »
Once the introduction is made, he comes to the subject: “ Linking my results to Ducati's hiring of Lorenzo seems stupid to me. Jorge was never competitive in 2017, we didn't really see it, but I was the only one with Ducati to be fast that year. » So much for Por Fuera.
Et Marc Márquez, what does he think? The best, without a doubt, but that doesn't prevent a little prick... " Marc has raised the bar, he is strong in many ways. It's a reality. He would certainly be able to adapt to any bike, but we can't say that he would win with any team, despite everything he has done in recent years. Adapting to a very different bike takes time and a lot can happen in this situation. I would like to see it with another manufacturer »
Something that won't happen until 2024, while Dovizioso has already served Honda, Yamaha and now Ducati. A firm with which he has not yet signed anything for the future, even recently dreaming out loud of a duel with Marquez at Honda...
