The first day of free practice action at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit in Argentina proved to be a difficult one for the Ducati Team Italian rider. Following today’s two sessions, the provisional timesheets currently see Andrea Dovizioso down in fifteenth place.
In the morning’s first free practice session, Dovizioso was eighth quickest, but in the afternoon the Ducati rider was not able to improve on his time and for the moment he is lying outside the top 10.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04): 15th (1:40.938)
“Our position in today’s FP2 session doesn’t respect the real situation, so I don’t think there is that much to worry about. In the afternoon we came across some rather strange track conditions and I didn’t have a good feeling with the bike, so I didn’t do many laps and finished the session quite far behind. However we’ve got some ideas about what happened, and we’re not in such a bad a position as might seem. Today, as I said, my feeling with the bike wasn’t the best and when the situation is like that it makes no sense to take risks in order to set mediocre times. Let’s hope we have at least one dry session tomorrow to be able to put together all the little details that can change our situation.”