During these three days in Qatar, Andrea Dovizioso refused the duel with the clock. He knows where he is, and he also knows that this satisfaction of the best time is futile. His thing is background work for the race. He reviewed some new features on his GP20 which he considers to have made notable progress. That being said, he sees himself more as an outsider than as a favorite for the race which will launch the season on March 8, on the same Losail track…
New aerodynamics and a new swingarm were the new features evaluated at Losail by a Andrea Dovizioso who says he is able to play in the leading group. Without however leading it…The official Ducati completed 55 laps, with a personal best of 1'54.312 scored on the 38th lap.
« This Monday was difficult, with new tires we are struggling a little compared to last year. At the moment, our rivals are stronger, Yamaha and Suzuki are even very strong, so it will be difficult in courtse » comments Dovi who also appreciated the evolved version of the “holeshot”. “ We finished the tests in a better condition, quite happy with the speed, we did a long race simulation, so we have important information to arrive at the race weekend with a lot of data. »
« I did a lot of laps behind Danilo Petrucci and that helped me understand different things also because we have to manage the tires differently. We are very happy, if we look at the pace of the long runs, Petronas drivers are faster but here we are »
« There won't be any big developments, but race weekends are different for everyone and that can make the difference both positive and negative " finished Dovizioso. " We tried a few configurations, we improved a little, we have ideas but we didn't have time to validate them »
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