Andrea Dovizioso has thrown in the towel in his attempt to return to the highest level of MotoGP with Yamaha. The three-time vice-world champion with Ducati had given up for some time, so much so that we ended up wondering if he would finish the season. A situation so desperately obvious that in Germany, his team boss Razlan Razali, and himself, had to clarify…
Andrea Dovizioso is living his last moments in MotoGP and they will unfortunately have all the trappings of a slow agony. The Italian of 36 years will assume a deterioration in his record and his statistics before hanging up his leathers. Because there will be no sporting euthanasia which would have relieved the suffering of its fans. Razlan Razali, the boss of the RNF team who houses him on one of his last Yamaha , since it will have Aprilia in 2023, indeed assured: “ at the moment there is no plan. Andrea Dovizioso will finish the season with our team ».
Andrea Dovizioso: “I was evaluated for certain roles in MotoGP"
We will nevertheless note the “ for the time being » which does not close the door to a weariness that has suddenly become unbearable for both parties in the middle of the campaign. And Dovizioso himself, what does he say about it? He no longer talks about his Yamaha , but of the rest of his life… “ For the moment I am not competitive in MotoGP… For me motocross is very interesting, I have a project in mind ».
Dovi will therefore disappear from the paddock and this is even a desire because he had apparently been offered opportunities to evolve there: “ personally, I feel honored to have already been evaluated for certain roles, as I was considered a relevant and experienced pilot. But right now I'm not ready to accept it. In the past though, if I had been asked, I might have been interested, I can't deny that ". The panel of commissioners will therefore not be enriched by a pilot familiar with the piloting of the latest generations of MotoGP.
