Andrea Dovizioso ends the first two free practice sessions in 15th position
The strong wind and the lack of grip affected the first day of free practices of the Catalunya Grand Prix, which is held this weekend at the Montmeló Circuit, in Spain.
After having finished FP1 with the second-fastest time in 1:40.861, Andrea Dovizioso returned to the track this afternoon aiming to understand the bike behaviour with used tyres ahead of Sunday’s race. Therefore, the rider from Forlì couldn’t improve his morning performance ending the day in 15th place and intending to access directly in Q2 by trying his time attack in FP3 tomorrow morning.
Andrea Dovizioso (#04 Ducati Team) – 1:40.861 (15th)
“As expected, there is much less grip on this track than Misano, and for this reason, in this morning’s session, we first had to adapt to these new conditions. Compared to the rest of the riders on track, today we worked very differently and therefore we cannot make a real comparison to understand our potential. Unfortunately, with today’s strong wind we have not been able to get any univocal feedback from the tests we made, so we hope tomorrow to find different conditions, which will allow us to confirm the work done. The goal will be to be able to finish FP3 in the top ten tomorrow morning”.