After the second round of the season, held in Argentina last Sunday, the MotoGP teams are now arriving in the USA for the next race at the Circuit of The Americas, on the outskirts of Austin, Texas.
The Ducati Team rider Andrea Dovizioso is determined to put behind him the events of Termas de Río Hondo as quickly as possible, and in Texas he will encounter a track where he has always gone well and picked up some good results.
He scored a seventh place in 2013, a third place in 2014 and an excellent second place last year, when he also qualified on the front row alongside Marquez. The Austin weekend will get underway on Friday morning with the first free practice session at 9.55 am (16.55 CET), while the 21-lap race is scheduled for Sunday at 2 pm local time (21.00 CET).
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 5th (23 points)
“We are looking forward to the race at Austin with confidence. I know that we are competitive and I feel ready to fight things out on this fantastic track, which has completely different characteristics to the previous two. In 2014 and 2015, I managed to get onto the podium: the Texan circuit is one that I really like and so I am anxious to get out on track in order to continue the good performances we have shown so far.”