At the end of the second day of the Valencia GP at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Cheste, the Ducati Team rider was only able to qualify on row 3, with the ninth time.
Dovizioso finished in eighth place in the morning’s FP3 moving straight into Q2. In afternoon’s FP4, after crashing out at the second lap, he was thirteenth. In Q2 the Ducati rider adopted a three-exit strategy and set his best time on his third run, finishing ninth with a time of 1’31.245.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 9th (1’31.245)
“Unfortunately my crash in FP4 bothered me a bit and in fact I was unable to push hard in qualifying. I don’t have a great feeling with my bike and when the time came I was unable to be smooth and quick, especially in the middle of the corner, something that is essential for a good time. With a good start tomorrow we can gain some vital positions, even though we’ll probably have to fight for the whole race.”