Changeable weather conditions, with frequent showers that left the Phillip Island track surface wet for much of the day, prevented the Ducati Team rider from completing his scheduled work load.
Andrea Dovizioso made a couple of exits before coming back into the pit lane and as a result did not record a lap time.
All the riders will be out on track again tomorrow and Friday hoping for better weather conditions.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – no time
“Honestly speaking for me today was a wasted day. This morning maybe we could have gone out on track when it was raining heavily, to do a few laps in wet weather set-up, but we preferred to wait a bit. However the situation didn’t improve and the track always remained damp. In the afternoon I did a couple of out-in exits with my Desmosedici GP, to allow the engineers to check a few things, but now I’m really hoping the weather is good tomorrow and Friday to give me the chance to put in some track time with the new bike.”