By finishing only seventh in the Australian Grand Prix, Andrea Dovizioso secured Marc Márquez's status as vice-world champion for the third consecutive season. However, he didn't have the heart to celebrate anything by returning to his stand at Phillip Island. Qualified tenth, he suffered the law of the two other Desmosedici from the Pramac satellite team, including a GP18. Worse, he sees an Aprilia finish in front of him…
Appearances can be deceiving at Ducati. The first pilot Andrea Dovizioso is definitively vice-world champion of the season, two races before the end of the debates. But we cannot say that he was a facilitator of this edition of the Australian Grand Prix. Moreover, DesmoDovi is not in denial of a situation far from the objectives set at the start of the campaign: “ the only positive point is that we again confirmed second place in the world championship. It's only that ", said Andrea Dovizioso after the Australian Grand Prix. “ But we also confirmed the ups and downs in the season. »
« I was ahead of the two Pramac drivers on the last lap, but I made a mistake in the second corner and four drivers overtook me “, continued the 33-year-old pilot. “ We had the same rhythm. They rode well. We wore out the tires, but that's normal here because you lean over a lot. »
« But the fact is that we are not as fast as last year. We lost 15 seconds, it's a shame. I finished seventh, and with a second more I could have finished third. But this is not the question. We can't be satisfied, that's the truth right now “, Dovi admitted.
« With all the ups and downs of the season, we finished in 2nd place and we sorted it out with two races to go. That's the good point, but we're not as competitive and I'm not that happy “, declared the now three-time consecutive MotoGP world vice-champion.
MotoGP Australia J3: standings
| 1 | Marc Márquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 40m 43.729s |
| 2 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Honda LCR (RC213V) | + 11.413s |
| 3 | Jack Miller | AUS | Bow Ducati (GP19) | + 14.499s |
| 4 | Francis Bagnaia | ITA | Bow Ducati (GP18) * | + 14.554s |
| 5 | Joan mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) * | + 14.817s |
| 6 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | + 15.280s |
| 7 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Ducati Team (GP19) | + 15.294s |
| 8 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | + 15.841s |
| 9 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | + 16.032s |
| 10 | Aleix Espargaró | SPA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | + 16.590s |
| 11 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | + 24.145s |
| 12 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | + 26.654s |
| 13 | Johann zarco | FRA | Honda LCR (RC213V) | + 26.758s |
| 14 | Karel Abraham | CZE | Real Avintia Ducati (GP18) | + 44.912s |
| 15 | Hafiz Syahrin | MAL | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | + 44.968s |
| 16 | Jorge Lorenzo | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | + 66.045s |
| Maverick Vinales | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | DNF | |
| Mika Kallio | END | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | DNF | |
| Tito Rabat | SPA | Real Avintia Ducati (GP18) | DNF | |
| fabio quartararo | FRA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) * | DNF | |
| Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Ducati Team (GP19) | DNF | |
