After a hot and sunny opening day and a sunny morning, thunderstorms and drops of rain influenced proceedings at the Mugello Circuit on Saturday afternoon for the eighth round of the 2022 MotoGP World Championship.
Andrea Dovizioso struggled to make the right step in order to get closer to the top. The local hero, who has the strong desire to do well in front of his home crowd, improved on his fastest lap from Friday by 0.560 seconds but bet on the wrong horse in the latter parts of Qualifying one.
He remained on wet tyres, while the majority of riders was quicker on slicks.
Therefore, he ended up in P16 and will have to proof his home honor from the back of the field tomorrow when the red lights go out at 14:00 local time in the Tuscan hills.
Andrea Dovizioso #04
P 26“I didn’t put in a slick tyre at the end and it wasn’t the right decision. I couldn’t do anything. It was my mistake. We obviously can’t be happy, the position is really far back. Let’s see what we can do tomorrow in the race.”