Andrea Dovizioso finished the first day of practice for the GP of the Americas inside the top 10 at the Circuit of The Americas near Austin, Texas.
In the afternoon session all the MotoGP riders improved their times from the morning’s run: Dovizioso was one place down in eighth after a lap of 2’05.647.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 8th (2’05.647)
“It was rather a difficult day and it’s a real shame that the surface of this fantastic track is ruined so much. This morning the track was still dirty, something that complicated our work even more, but in the afternoon we managed to improve enough. We haven’t got the right set-up yet, but we knew that we were going to struggle at this circuit and all things considered we’re not doing too badly. We must continue working on the set-up, and let’s hope we have the time tomorrow to do it because it looks like rain is on its way. In any case it’s positive to be already inside the top 10, so at least now we can approach things calmly.”