After positively concluding two three-day, pre-season tests, the last of which took place about one week ago in Qatar, Andrea Dovizioso and the Mission Winnow Ducati team are ready for the opening round of the 2019 MotoGP World Championship at the Losail track, located on the outskirts of Doha.
The Italian rider, who enjoyed yet another successful season, in which he took four wins and finished in second position overall for the second consecutive year with nine podiums overall, is ready to begin his 12th year in MotoGP and seventh consecutive with the Ducati outfit.
The Qatar GP is the only one on the calendar to be held at night: the start is scheduled for Sunday night at 20:00 local time (CET +2).
Andrea Dovizioso (#04 Mission Winnow Ducati)
“We worked positively and methodically during the winter break, and I’m confident we’ll be ready to put up a fight from the very first round. The lap times from the tests, especially in Qatar, don’t really show the whole picture since most riders mostly worked on race pace. As for us, we collected plenty of interesting data and we analyzed it into great detail to come up with the best possible strategy ahead of this round. We’ll be able to assess our level and that of our opponents more in depth only once we take it back to the track, but what matters is that our feeling with the bike has been very good up to this point.”