Andrea Dovizioso regrets not finding the solution to pilot his Yamaha well but in Argentina he also showed that he had not yet completely grasped the instructions… The three-time vice-world champion and experienced with the buttons Ducati for eight seasons thus got tangled up on the starting grid of Termas de Rio Hondo. The 36-year-old veteran's admission is disarming. And we will remember that it was an Aprilia with Aleix Espargaró on it which won this third round of the season. Or an RS-GP that he tested before refusing it…
Andrea Dovizioso is in his eighth race with the Yamaha and he still can't do it. A situation that undermines him and what happened in Rio Hondo Thermal Baths is proof that the Italian is missing the point. An uncompromising assessment that Dovi does not even contradict… He thus declared himself very disappointed with his Argentine Grand Prix, third stage of MotoGP 2022. The Forlì rider of the WithU Yamaha RNF team started from a modest sixth row, synonymous with eighteenth row, before returning to the pits due to a problem with the device front lowering of his Yamaha M1. The latter remained blocked. A technical problem? The rest is Dovizioso who tells it...
Andrea Dovizioso: “ I forgot to unlock the front lowering device«
« I am very disappointed, such a thing has never happened to me before. I made a mistake and forgot to unlock the front lowering device » admits the teammate Darryn binder. « I closed it, but didn't move the lever to unload it on the first turn. I did not think about it and with everything blocked, when I stopped in the pit lane, I realized it was my fault ».
« I'm really sorry for the team, because this is something that should not happen, but it happens when you're not relaxed. I'm not comfortable, I'm not riding well, I'm not exploiting the bike's potential and that's the result of tension. You want to do everything from the beginning and I made that mistake. At least in the end my pace was quite good, but in any case I can't be happy with this weekend. I hope we can get closer to Austin ».
A meeting which will take place this weekend. By the way, a year ago, Aleix Espargaró pushed very hard so that Dovizioso come to Aprilia and become his teammate. Dovi also conducted road tests with the RS-GP last spring. The boss Massimo rivola, was keen to use his services so that he could use all his experience to help with development. But Dovizioso was not convinced that he could achieve his goals with Aprilia. What does he think of it today?
MotoGP Argentina J3: classification
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