PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team’s MotoGP riders experienced tricky and mixed conditions during Qualifying for the Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell’Emilia Romagna, where Andrea Dovizioso was 21st.
Dovi was quick to improve upon his best lap from Friday in FP3, despite the tricky conditions. Continuing to find time around the Misano circuit, the Italian’s best lap – 1’42.251 – placed him 22nd at the end of FP3.
Dovi was quick to continue improving his lap time, but struggled to find his true pace in the mixed conditions.
Setting a time of 1’36.639 on his final flying lap, he ended Q1 11th and will start tomorrow’s home race from 21st.
Dovi will be back out on track at 10am tomorrow for Warm Up, before the EmiliaRomagnaGP concludes with the 27-lap MotoGP race at 2pm.
Andrea Dovizioso #04
P 21“It has been a very difficult weekend for us so far, especially with the weather, and I don’t feel good on the bike. I wasn’t as fast as I wanted to be in Qualifying, where the conditions were half dry and half wet. This isn’t the best for the bike and I didn’t have the feeling that allows me to push hard, so the position on the grid isn’t good. It will be hard in the race, but we will try to learn what we can, try to stay with the group and see what we can achieve. It will be hard to overtake the other riders tomorrow, but we will try our best”.