The Ducati Team rider will start from the second row of the grid for the Grand Prix of the Americas, which will be held on Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin (Texas).
In the morning’s FP3 session, Dovizioso was classified in ninth place, gaining direct access to the afternoon’s Q2 session.
The Italian rider classified in seventh place in the qualifying session, but due to his team mate penalty he picked up following the GP of Argentina, he is promoted to row 2 for the race.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 2’04.339 (7th)
“Unfortunately it’s been a bit of a troubled weekend for several reasons. We have always had small issues that prevented us from doing a complete session, except for qualifying. I don’t have much feeling on the front, especially in the middle of the curve because the front end tends to close in easily, and also in qualifying I didn’t do a great time because I didn’t ride smoothly. However we are set up better for the race: with the hard rear tyre we are quick and this is surely an advantage, but I had hoped to come into qualifying with a bit more pace. Tomorrow morning in the warm-up we will try and improve a bit more and I’m confident I’ll manage to stay in the leading group in the race.”