Ducati Team rider had a good qualifying session today at the Automotodrom Brno finishing Q2 in sixth place fastest and so the Italian will start from the second row of the grid for Sunday’s Czech Republic Grand Prix at the Moravian circuit.
Dovizioso was ninth quickest in the morning’s last free practice session (FP3), taking his Ducati directly through into the all-important second and final qualifying session (Q2).
Following FP4, which ended with Dovizioso in fifth, he went out on track for the 15-minute qualifying dash., setting his best time on his second exit after fitting soft rear tyres to this Desmosedici GP15 machine.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #05) – 1’55.935 (6th)
“I am pleased to finally get back onto the second row because it’s very important in view of tomorrow’s race. On my fast lap I made a mistake that did not allow me to improve on my time, but I am pleased with the position considering the feeling I have with my bike. I couldn’t push to the limit because I was not able to be smooth out there and so tomorrow morning we will have to try and further improve the set-up of my GP15. I feel it will be an unusual race, and we will have to see how hard it will be possible to push, especially in the corners. The top guys are maybe a bit too far away from us, but I still think we can have a good race.”