Seeing Andrea Dovizioso in the Grand Prix this year is increasingly a fiction. This would require a request from Honda which seems far from certain if we listen to the comments coming from HRC. Marc Marquez shows that he has resumed training, even reasoned, his chief mechanic Santi Hernandez is against the arrival of the Italian preferring Stefan Bradl who proved himself last year. The German says he is convinced of actually doing the first races. And then, if Honda still called Dovizioso, the latter would set conditions before considering saying yes...
Andrea Dovizioso can prepare for the season motocross which he seems to have always dreamed of. Indeed, his chances of returning already in MotoGP are asymptotes of zero. His new helmet shown and clearly oriented towards all-terrain looks like his new helmet for a while. The three-time world vice-champion and runner-up Marc Marquez ended his 2020 season by divorcing from Ducati. We will indeed recall that Andrea did not renew his contract with the manufacturer Borgo Panigale, after a collaboration which had lasted since 2013.
The Romagnian of 34 years old has entered what he calls a sabbatical year which he does not want to consider as pre-retirement. He assures him, he is waiting for a project that is worth living while the rumor of his return is still fueled by the procrastination of a factory Honda who waits to understand when and how the injured Marc Marquez can return to the track.
Dovizioso: “I’m not just trying to race MotoGP”
Dovi's options are limited, to say the least, but they are so playable that he recalled them in an interview with Sky Sports : " I'm open, but for now I'm not looking for a place to come back to at all costs. I'm only interested in projects of a certain type, so if there is a chance to return to MotoGP in 2021 or 2022, I will be the first happy to talk about it, otherwise there is no problem ».
He adds, as a message sent to Honda, who should not call him for nothing: “ it depends on what they offer, it's not a simple call. There must be a project, a desire to try together. If there is to be an idea like this, maybe for 2022, I will be the first to be happy. I'm used to doing things right, so if there is an intention and desire on both sides, we can talk about it. Like I said, I'm not just trying to race MotoGP, otherwise I could have done it another way ».
Dovizioso ends by closing the door to the test pilot's station, thus showing that he remains firm in his intentions: " I didn't feel ready to just be a tester yet. By this I don't mean that test pilot is an unimportant job, but I still feel like a pilot. At this particular moment, I feel like a…motocross rider ". It will be recalled that after leaving Ducati, Dovizioso said no to Aprilia, discarded the role of tester for Yamaha , and therefore sets conditions for Honda …He also said no to Suzuki, but that was in 2015.
