MotoGP, Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati: “Márquez's recipe for being champion and for knowing how to limit the damage better than us”

This MotoGP season promises to be more open than in recent years. To truly realize this, it took the improbable fall of a Marc Márquez who had always known how to remain master of his art on his favorite route in Austin. This time, it was not with 25 points in his bag that he left Texas, as in the last six editions of the Grand Prix of the Americas. But with zero. However, as noted Andrea Dovizioso, its success during the last championships was due to a consummate ability to limit damage in weak times. What the Italian does perfectly with his Ducati, after three events out of the 19 offered this season…

That being said, DesmoDovi does not get excited before arriving in Jerez which will be the next meeting of this exciting series: “ Over the years, I have learned to live from race to race. Of course, the past plays a big role. I work with people who know this well. We talk about small details that can make the difference in the end. And we are better than a year ago. We mitigated the damage in the last two races, where we were not the favorites, at least on paper. And I also progressed psychologically, which has a significant impact ».

He adds : " the last two years we couldn't beat Marc Márquez because he limited the damage better than we did. He was on the podium, and we couldn't do it. But it is true that there are more competitive drivers than in the past. It has become more complicated to go directly to Q2, to get on the podium. There are more competitive motorcycles, but we are one of them ».

Everything therefore hangs by a thread, a precarious balance indicated by the observer Charles Pernat : " the fact that Ducati leads the championship with Andrea Dovizioso is also a matter of luck. The Italian team must be careful, Dovi missed victory by almost ten seconds in the last race in Austin against the Suzuki of Álex Rins ". A comment which led to this response from the team member of Petrucci : " the victory was not there, my starting position was not good enough. But it wouldn't have taken much more for the podium. Not a complete turn, just a few hundred meters, and I could have done it ».

In Austin, Andrea Dovizioso had to settle for fourth place. The previous year's vice-world champion, who won the first match of the season in Qatar and also secured third place on the podium during the second weekend in Argentina, leads the general ranking with 54 points. He is ahead Valentino Rossi three points from the point. Next Kidneys et Márquez, at five and nine lengths respectively.