Less than two weeks after the Grand Prix of Catalunya – where Andrea Dovizioso was involved in a crash that forced him to retire – the Ducati Team rider is ready to resume action at Assen (Netherlands) for the eighth round of the 2019 MotoGP World Championship.
Going into round eight, Dovizioso is second in the Riders standings, 37 points shy of the lead, and his goal is to make the most of the technical upgrades tested after the race at Montmeló to score as many points as possible and cut the gap in the rankings.
Andrea Dovizioso (#04 Ducati Team) – 2nd (103 points)
“There’s no time to linger on the points lost at Barcelona, we need to tackle each race working as hard as we’ve done until now. I believe we are showing great competitiveness and, even though there are always areas to improve, we have proven our speed. Assen isn’t the most favorable track for our bike and weather conditions always play a fundamental role there, but at any rate we’ve shown we’re capable of progressively improving during the course of a weekend even on tricky circuits. We need to stay calm and focused, taking it one race at a time. The Championship has still a long way to go.”