Following an exciting opening day, the Losail International Circuit greeted riders and teams today with dusty weather and more wind than on Friday.
Yet, the amazing floodlights of the impressive venue in Qatar delivered once again a unique atmosphere for the late sessions.
WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team’s Dovi experienced a challenging Saturday.
After working with tyres and settings in warm Free Practice three and four in order to prepare for the race, he tried his best in Qualifying one to reach the popular top two positions, but eventually missed out by just a bit more than half a second.
Andrea will line up in row seven on the grid after finishing Q1 in tenth position.
The long-awaited first race day of the 2022 MotoGP World Championship season starts tomorrow with Warm Up at 13:40 local time (11:40 CET). While the red lights will go off at 18:00 local time (16:00 CET), opening a 22 laps long exciting fight for the very first championship points of the year.
Andrea Dovizioso #04
P 20“I’m disappointed because today I completely lost the feeling with the bike, and also with regards to the condition of the track; the wind was quite strong in the opposite way than yesterday, only that is the difference. I was losing the feeling completely, I couldn’t be consistent. All the positive things I found yesterday, I couldn’t keep or improve my position with the bike. Tomorrow the track can be in a totally different condition, I can come back like yesterday with the right feeling and continue to work. To start 20th is very bad, everybody would have to manage the tyres, starting from the back is not the best situation”