Andrea Dovizioso and the Ducati Team have arrived at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello for the Italian Grand Prix, the sixth round of the 2017 MotoGP World Championship, and one of the most popular and prestigious rounds of the calendar.
For the Ducati Team rider, this will be a truly special occasion seeing as it is the home race for him and the team. Andrea’s best result at Mugello is a second place he scored in 2011, while last year he finished the race in fifth place.
The Italian GP weekend gets underway on Friday morning with the first free practice session at 9.55 am, while the 23-lap race is scheduled for Sunday at 2 pm.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 6th (54 points)
“The Mugello round is the home grand prix for both me and for Ducati, so it is always something special. We count on being competitive seeing as for us it is a track we know very well, and so we will be looking for a good result. The test that we did here a couple of weeks back went well and the feeling is good. I’m convinced that if we work well throughout the weekend, we can do a good race.”

Andrea Dovizioso and his team have concluded a two-day test at the Circuit de Montmelò on the outskirts of Barcelona in preparation for the Catalunya GP, round 7 of the MotoGP World Championship, which will be held on this track in two weeks’ time.
The Montmelò track that will be used in June has been slightly modified at Turns 14 and 15 since last year and is now similar to the one used for the Formula 1 race.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – best lap in 1’45.067 (123 laps)
“We did a lot of laps in these two days of testing, with temperatures that should be similar to what we will find in the race in a couple of weeks, and it was important because in the last few years we’ve always struggled at this track. My fastest lap was not so fast but we are not too bad with our race pace. It was also important to come and get an idea of the front tyre wear; Michelin brought several tyres to try and we found some good solutions. The track, after the modification to the chicane, is not as nice as before but it is safer now.”

“I’M THE MASTER OF MY DESTINY, BUT ONLY DESTINY KNOWS THE END OF MY PATH”
I made this tatto after Marco’s death. Today, after 6 years and after what has just happened to Nicky, my opinion about life, its journey, about the massive and amazing power we have to change it, to direct it, revolutionize it, and at the same time, my awareness of how impotent we are in front of the end, are confirmed.
Good bye mate, a huge hug to your family and closest friends.

Andrea Dovizioso finished the French GP at the Le Mans Bugatti circuit in a fourth place today. The Ducati Team’s Italian rider, who started from row 2 after notching up the sixth-fastest time in Saturday qualifying, fought for sixth place with Pedrosa and then Crutchlow and with two laps remaining, he passed the British rider to cross the line in fourth place, 11 seconds away from winner Viñales after Rossi crashed out on the final lap.

The overall riders’ standings after five rounds see Dovizioso in sixth with 54 points.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 4th
“In the end today’s fourth place was a good result, and maybe I could even have tried to fight for the podium with Pedrosa, but I can’t be fully satisfied. We probably took home the best result possible because towards the mid-race point I had to slow my pace: as I was pushing hard in several points of the track I was losing strength in my right forearm and I wasn’t able to keep up the same intensity for the whole race. In the final stages my pace was quite good and I managed to lap quite easily in the low 1’33s and stay ahead of Crutchlow until the flag.”

After completing a one-day test at Mugello on Monday 15th May, Andrea Dovizioso and the Ducati Team has now arrived in France for the fifth round of the championship, which will take place at the legendary Le Mans circuit.
The Italian rider has also been able to score some good results at Le Mans, qualifying on the front row five times in nine years. Dovi has stepped onto the French podium three times in MotoGP, the last one in 2015 when he finished third, while last year a crash put paid to his race while he was in third place.
The French GP weekend gets underway on Friday morning with the first free practice session at 9.55 am, while the 28-lap race is scheduled for 2 pm on Sunday.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 5th (41 points)
“After a fifth place in Spain, we now go to Le Mans with more optimism and confidence. In Argentina but above all in Texas we were in a bit of difficulty, but at Jerez, on a notoriously insidious track for us, we were quite competitive even though we finished the race at quite a big gap from Pedrosa. I think that Le Mans could be a more favourable circuit for us, especially because we will be racing on a new track surface which means good grip and so I think we can do well there.”

Andrea Dovizioso, who was fifth at the chequered flag, also ran a good race. The Ducati Team’s Italian rider powered away from row 5 and had moved up to sixth place by the end of lap 10. Dovizioso then began a terrific scrap with Rossi and Viñales and sealed his fifth place finish on lap 18, after which he held on to finish the race over 1.5 seconds in front of the Spanish rider.
In the overall standings, Dovizioso is now fifth with 41 points.
MotoGP will be back in action again in a couple of weeks time, at the Le Mans circuit in France from 19 to 21 May.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 5th
“A good result after not a particularly easy weekend, seeing as I was starting from way behind on the grid, something that makes things more complicated. However we were really good, and I managed to make up a lot of positions and ride in a calm way to get a good result at the flag. We worked well all weekend and yesterday I demonstrated that I had good pace, but starting from behind certainly doesn’t help and so I have to try and be more incisive in practice and qualifying. I have to congratulate Jorge because he rode really well throughout the weekend and scored a great result for himself and for Ducati.”