Following on from the Silverstone race over the Channel, which was cancelled because of bad weather and poor track conditions, MotoGP now returns to Italy for the thirteenth round of the championship. The San Marino Grand Prix is taking place this weekend at the Misano World Circuit.
With pole and win at Brno and third place in Austria, the month of August was very positive for the Ducati Team rider, also the two days of testing at Misano and Aragón further confirmed the competitiveness of the Desmosedici GP in view of the upcoming rounds in Italy and Spain.
Despite Misano being Dovizioso’s home race, the Romagna-born rider only stepped onto the podium for the first time last year, when he finished third.
The Misano weekend programme gets underway on Friday morning with the first free practice session at 9.55 am, while the 27-lap race is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 14.00 CET.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 4th (129 points)
“It’s a pity we couldn’t do the race at Silverstone because we were very competitive and we missed a good opportunity to pick up some points on Marquez. In any case we are excited about Misano because the two tests there and at Aragón in the last few weeks went really well and we confirmed that we are competitive on both tracks, so we are now very confident about this weekend. The San Marino GP is an important event for us and we want to do well there: last year we got onto the podium in third place, but this year we’re looking to get something more.”