Andrea Dovizioso seized 13th position in qualifying ahead of tomorrow’s race at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin (U.S.A.), home of the third round of the MotoGP World Championship.
In a day characterized by erratic weather conditions – with heavy rains in the morning and strong wind gusts in the afternoon – the Mission Winnow Ducati rider had less track time than usual to continue the work on the setup of his Desmosedici GP 19, as FP3 was canceled due to lightning alerts and FP4 took place in particularly tricky conditions, with a partly wet and partly dry tarmac.
In Q1, Dovizioso was then able to immediately push hard on slick tyres. With the second-best time, Dovizioso missed Q2 by only 0.016 seconds after posting a lap time almost identical to his teammate’s, and will start the race from fifth row in 13th position.
Andrea Dovizioso (#04 Mission Winnow Ducati) – 2:05.907 (13th)
“Today’s qualifying was quite tricky. Track conditions were very precarious, and we also struggled more than we expected in the faster corners due to the strong winds. It’s a shame we couldn’t get into Q2, because I’m sure we could have recovered some more positions on the grid, but we need to look forward anyway. Unfortunately, the weather hasn’t allowed us to work on our race setup today, but we know our potential. We want, and we can, bounce back. It’ll be essential to get a good start, then we’ll try, as usual, to bring home the best possible result.”
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