Month: October 2016

Japanese GP|FP1-2

Posted on by Alessia Buffon

Andrea Dovizioso powered to second place in the combined standings of today’s two free practice sessions held at Motegi’s Twin Ring circuit. With a time of 1’45.204, which he set on the final lap of FP2 in the afternoon, the Italian rider was right behind the overnight leader Jorge Lorenzo.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 1’45.204 (2nd)
“I’m very happy with the way things went today, because we started off by immediately finding a good base for the rest of the weekend. For the first two exits in the afternoon, we ran with the soft tyre we had already used in FP1, and confirmed our pace. We still have to work on a few details because managing the front on this track, where you brake very aggressively, is not easy. For the moment there are five or six of us who have a similar pace, and I think there is still some room for improvement. We’ll have to see who will work the best tomorrow, but in any case I’m really satisfied with my first day here at Motegi.”

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Japanese GP|preview

Posted on by Alessia Buffon

Andrea Dovizioso has arrived at Motegi for the Grand Prix of Japan, the fifteenth round of the 2016 MotoGP World Championship and the first of three challenging end-of-season overseas races that will continue over the next two weekends in Australia and in Malaysia.
For this race Andrea will have as his team-mate Hector Barbera from Spain, who replaces Iannone injured at Misano race.
Andrea Dovizioso likes the Japanese circuit a lot, and he has stepped onto the podium in all three categories, winning the 125 race in 2004, and setting two of his four career pole positions at Motegi. Last year the Italian qualified fourth with his GP15 and finished the race in fifth place.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 7th (104 points)
“Motegi is one of my favourite tracks because you brake very hard and even though we were unable to express all of our potential at the last round in Aragón, I think that this year we can be very competitive. In any case I start the weekend confident because here I have always scored quite good results in MotoGP, picking up two poles in 2010 and 2014.”