The weather played a huge role again on day two of proceedings at the Mandalika Circuit today.
Rain showers in the morning meant the WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team riders and the rest of the MotoGP class faced another mixed session in FP3, where they all started on wet tyres, but switched to slicks around halfway through, which means they couldn’t improve on their Practice times from Friday.
Dovi started Saturday with a tenth position in Free Practice three and improved his lap time once again in Free Practice four this afternoon.
Yet in Qualifying he was fighting for the top-2-spots but missed out on them by just 0.239 seconds.
Thereby he went nearly half a second quicker than in FP2 yesterday, but will have to line up in row six on the World Championship’s return to Indonesia.
Tomorrows second round of the 2022 MotoGP World Championship season will definitely feature hot and humid conditions and deliver a lot of excitement. The inaugural Grand Prix of Indonesia in Mandalika is set to commence at 15:00 local time (08:00 CET) over 27 laps at the 4.3-kilometer venue.
Andrea Dovizioso #04
P 17“It was a better Qualifying than in Qatar. Overall, my feeling was better. I did an ok lap time, not a special one. But we were all very close, so it’s very difficult to get to Q2. It was important to have this Qualifying in the dry today in order to learn more in this condition. In general, my pace is closer than Qatar, we made some improvements. Starting in P17 it’s not easy to deliver a good race, but everybody will have to manage the rear tyre and the heat is high for everyone and when you are further behind, it’s even worse. But in the end, we did a small step in the right direction, so let’s see what we can do in the race and especially wait if it will be dry or wet.”