Two days of IRTA tests, which marked the official start of the 2016 MotoGP season, have come to a close at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia.
Andrea Dovizioso continued with chassis set-up work on his Desmosedici GP machines, to adapt him to the 17” tyres from Michelin, the new one-make championship supplier. In the morning Dovizioso continued to lap constantly and only towards the end of the day the Ducati Team rider went out on track again to try the new unified software, which will be obligatory for all teams starting from next year’s championship, concluding the test 15th in 1’31.967.
Andrea Dovizioso and his team will be out on track one more time in 2015, before the two-month test ban from December 1 to January 31 comes into force. The Italian squad will in fact head to Jerez de la Frontera for a test session at the end of this month: Andrea Dovizioso will test for just one day on November 27.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 1’31.967 (15th), 62 laps
“It was an important test because we had to get a good idea of how the new Michelin tyres behave, and that’s the most important thing at the moment in order to be able to go strongly. In these two days we have worked a lot and I believe that we have managed to give important feedback for the development. Towards the end of the day I also used the new software, which is a bit different from what we were used to, but all things considered I felt OK and I am happy with the way things went.”