The Ducati Team rider got his Indianapolis Grand Prix weekend off to a positive start at the iconic Speedway circuit in the USA. After Friday’s first two free practice sessions, Andrea Dovizioso ended the day in third place.
The MotoGP riders went out in the morning for their first free practice run in perfect sunny weather conditions and at the end of the 45 minute session Dovizioso was third quickest.
Dovizioso improved in FP2 in the afternoon after fitting a soft rear tyre towards the end of the session to set his quickest time of the day in 1m33.155s lap.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 1’33.155 (3rd)
“I am quite pleased with the feeling today with my Desmosedici GP15. The base setting is good, but we still have a few limits and above all an annoying vibration at the front. There are various points of the track where I am unable to push as hard as I would like and on my fastest lap I also risked crashing by almost losing the front. We will have to work hard to improve our pace, especially because the top two are still some way ahead.”