After his human disappointment experienced during Q2 with Petrucci and the rant which followed, we feared what would happen next for Andrea Dovizioso in difficulty on and at Ducati in Aragon. But Dovi came to his senses and brought back from this Grand Prix a result that was all the more solid as championship leader Fabio Quartararo collapsed. Here he is relaunched 15 points behind the new leader Joan Mir. There are four Grands Prix left…
In view of an eventful Saturday, the result of this Sunday is as if unexpected for a Andrea Dovizioso who did more than limit the damage in this Aragon Grand Prix. Because he has reduced his gap on the championship leader, who is also new in the person of Joan mir on his Suzuki. “Dovi” starting from the fifth row had a good start but then did not have the speed to catch up with the leading group.
Au world ranking thanks to the black day of fabio quartararo, struggling with a tire with the wrong pressure, he recovered points from the first, who is now Joan Mir. The Ducati rider is -15 behind the Spaniard.
« It's a championship where everything happens, as has been the case since the start of the season. It's no longer a linear championship like the last ones, where we all had the situation more under control. It's not about believing it or not believing it, you look at your garden and try to bring the best home, like we did this weekend. Until FP4, we were in a very bad position, then what happened in qualifying ". The Italian is obviously referring to the Q1 scenario…
Help to come from Zarco who rode soft
« Despite this we have recovered from a difficult situation and we must be happy about it. But that's not enough, the opponents are strong, they win races, they fight for the podium. I have a racing mentality and so I always fight for the championship, but it's not enough to do something more. We hope that next weekend will be warmer, we destroy the soft tires when it's cold, as happened at Le Mans and we don't understand why. For the next race, however, we will have the data from Zarco who used the software in the race and it is very positive ».
« We will be able to see how it rode and how the tire wore during the race. Maybe we didn't make the best choice at the rear, but until the race there wasn't that heat and the soft tires were ruined. Mir now leads the world championship. It is true that he has not won yet, but he is the most consistent in the second part of the race ».
He ends by mentioning that he has not forgotten what happened Saturday afternoon with Petrucci : " I haven't spoken in detail to Danilo, but we have the flight back together so we will talk. For next week, it's difficult because like every race, the competitors improve a lot ". Be careful of theft however, with the coronavirus which has already grabbed Valentino Rossi...
MotoGP Aragon-1 J3: classification
