World vice-champion Andrea Dovizioso did not seem very enthusiastic at the end of this first day of testing on the Jerez circuit. He finished 10th just behind his teammate Danilo Petrucci on the other Ducati, however conceding 1,3 seconds to the fastest man of the day, Maverick Vinales riding the official Yamaha.
He arrived in Jerez with a new chassis under his arm, Andrea Dovizioso, indicating “ that it took time to make real progress. »
During this first day of testing, the 33-year-old driver tested the updates made to his 2019 version engine and also tried a new chassis, he completed a total of 45 laps. “ We have taken a step forward, there is nothing to complain about, everything is positive. The improvement is sometimes tiny and it often takes time to arrive before it is fully exploited” told DesmoDovi.
« It's not that easy, of course, but that's what we need to focus on.", declared the pilot from Forlimpopoli who confirmed, as did Jack Miller, rider Alma Pramac, took to the track with a Ducati equipped with a modified version of the 2019 engine. The teammate of Danilo Petrucci concluded : " With new equipment such as the chassis tested today, it is obviously difficult to obtain results straight away but what we did today was very interesting and very positive for the future. Of course, this is not yet enough, we need more time. »
Results of the first day of the MotoGP test in Jerez:
Reference times:
Test record: 1'36.880 by Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) in 2019
Lap record: 1'38.051 by Marc Márquez (Honda) in 2019
Classification credit: MotoGP.com
