It’s a Andrea Dovizioso confident of his strength who finished with his first test gallop on the Losail track. A Qatar circuit friendly to a Ducati which takes it like an oasis, but which also makes it see mirages. Dovi, however, refuses to be preached in the desert and he took the first reference of these three days of testing below the mark of 1'55 per lap. He was the only one who could do it.
A performance signed two hours before the end of hostilities and before the humidity of the evening transformed this track into a trap: “ my feelings were good today with my Desmosedici and even better than I expected » announces the winner of Malaysia 2016. « I feel good, like during the Sepang tests ».
« We reviewed different types of settings which were interesting and which gave us good feedback. Everyone seemed fast today, but for my part, I was able to set my best time quite easily. We know where we need to improve further but this start helps us a lot in what remains to be done over the next two days. ».
Days when Ducati should show a new fairing. Today, we were able to glimpse that of the Honda, before Marc Márquez don't fall with it.
Chronos J1:
1. Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati, 1:54,818
2. Maverick Vinales, Yamaha, 1:55,179
3. Cal Crutchlow, Honda, 1:55,420
4. Karel Abraham, Ducati, 1:55,613
5. Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati, 1:55,617
6. Jonas Folger, Yamaha, 1:55,641
7. Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, 1:55,679
8. Dani Pedrosa, Honda, 1:55,691
9. Johann Zarco, Yamaha, 1:55,704
10. Andrea Iannone, Suzuki, 1:55,751
11. Danilo Petrucci, Ducati, 1:55,829
12. Marc Marquez, Honda, 1:55,900
13. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, 1:55,915
14. Jack Miller, Honda, 1:56,015
15. Scott Redding, Ducati, 1:56,084
16. Alvaro Bautista, Ducati, 1:56,116
17. Loris Baz, Ducati, 1:56,193
18. Alex Rins, Suzuki, 1:56,941
19. Pol Espargaro, KTM, 1:56,666
20. Sam Lowes, Aprilia, 1:57,091
21. Tito Rabat, Honda, 1:57,456
22. Mika Kallio, KTM, 1:58,039
23. Bradley Smith, KTM, 1:58,754
