On the first day of testing at Losail, Andrea Dovizioso placed second in 1'55.104, 0.051 behind Maverick Vinales' best time.
Dovizioso, who finished second at Qatar 2017, trailed his Ducati teammate Jorge Lorenzo by 0.319.
According to Andrea Dovizioso, who are " The good lap time came easily, which is very important. We will study the different tires available in order to have as much information as possible to be able to make our decision.
“The times were pretty clean and precise, that's the only thing we should look at now because we have two very important days of testing ahead of us.
“We have improved since Malaysia and Thailand.
“I feel very comfortable on the machine, but it's really difficult for me to measure the pace of our opponents, so we have to wait until the first race weekend here.
“We have already compared the new fairing with the previous one, which was one of the most important tasks.
“After Thailand we had to re-examine them with different temperatures to make the right decision, to choose which one we want to use for the first race.
“The decision is not easy, because there are positive and negative aspects, but we must consider it positively, because that is how the benefits can manifest. »
First day ranking:
1. Maverick Vinales, Yamaha, 1:55,053 min
2. Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati, +0,051 sec
3. Andrea Iannone, Suzuki, +0,054
4. Johann Zarco, Yamaha, +0,133
5. Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati, 0,370
6. Alex Rins, Suzuki, +0,379
7. Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, +0,379
8. Danilo Petrucci, Ducati, +0,475
9. Cal Crutchlow, Honda, +0,483
10. Marc Marquez, Honda, +0,492
11. Dani Pedrosa, Honda, +0,502
12. Jack Miller, Ducati, +0,635
13. Álvaro Bautista, Ducati, +0,795
14. Takaaki Nakagami, Honda, +0,800
15. Scott Redding, Aprilia, +0,878
16. Tito Rabat, Ducati, +0,976
17. Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia, +1,009
18. Karel Abraham, Ducati, +1,215
19. Pol Espargaro, KTM, +1,222
20. Bradley Smith, KTM, +1,368
21. Franco Morbidelli, Honda, +1,555
22. Hafizh Syahrin, Yamaha, +1,678
23. Tom Lüthi, Honda, +2,239
24. Xavier Siméon, Ducati, +2,660
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