Andrea Dovizioso today has the Yamaha he has been dreaming of for a while and yet here he is last on the starting grid for the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano. A position that he has occupied since the start of this fourteenth meeting of the MotoGP season but which is for him the first of the year. However, he has reduced the gap with the leading men, although he is not about to worry. And then this return to the deep end made him realize something… Cal Crutchlow had warned him!
We will indeed remember that the Englishman, when he was freelancing for a factory Yamaha lacking pilot numbers, had signaled that his generation companion was not going to have an easy time on his return. And indeed, that is indeed the case. To understand, we must realize different things that deserve analysis. For example, if there were no fabio quartararo, this Grand Prix would be a real disaster for Yamaha , which is nevertheless the most successful brand on this site.
Thus, the championship leader is on the first line, surrounded by the Ducati while Morbidely his teammate is 16th, Red 23rd and, therefore, Dovizioso 24th and last. On this physiognomy, Dovi appears philosophical: “ MotoGP has changed a lot, M1 hasn't. All the bikes have changed, because until three years ago we knew which bike would be strong on which track. Now it's impossible to say. Fabio in Austria was about to fight for a victory, so we are talking about a different MotoGP and we can no longer make certain arguments and approach MotoGP the way we did until three years ago. Even my ideas about what happened in recent years count for little. We must adapt, change and adapt because there are no alternatives ».
Dovizioso: “ the Yamaha is not much different from the 2012 one, but everything is more extreme«
And as for changes, Dovizioso will have to do some, and not the least… “ I'm on a bike that's the complete opposite of the one I've had for the last eight years. These are really two divergent lines ". He insists : " the M1 is very close to the characteristics it already had in 2012 and which is completely different from the Ducati, It's going to take time for sure, because you have to ride in a really different way ».
Seen like this, one might wonder if Yamaha finally made a deal by signing him until 2022… “ When a rider has been riding the same motorcycle for many years, he may see some problems but not all. When you come from another bike, you immediately understand the weak points. It will be very important for Yamaha to get this feedback from me » he reassures. And he ends: “ the bike is not very different from the one from 2012, the DNA is that, but everything is more extreme ».
MotoGP Misano 1 J2: Qualifying
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