The third and final day of first 2020 Official MotoGP Test has ended today at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.
After a Friday that featured mixed track conditions due to the rain and a Saturday that welcomed on-track action under bright skies, the Ducati Team rider was able to take advantage of the dry conditions on Sunday until the final half-hour of free practices when the weather again deteriorated.
Andrea Dovizioso took it to the track just after 10 AM committing part of his test program to understand how to use the new Michelin tyres and working also on the ideal setup for his Desmosedici GP20 bike.
It has been a positive day for Dovizioso despite having ended the day just 14th and 15th overall at the end of the three days, he was able to finish only 0.510 seconds behind the pacesetter founding a good race pace in the mini long run (10 laps) that he did late this morning.
Andrea Dovizioso (#04, Ducati Team) – 14° (1:58.859)
“I am quite satisfied with the work we have done today. This morning we were able to put in several laps, improving the bike setup and also my feeling with the new tyres. It had not been easy because I had to adapt my riding style, and I was struggling a lot with this in the beginning. Danilo and I did a few laps together: the pace was good, but the tyre performance dropped quite a lot. We still need to understand how they will work on a race distance and here in Sepang, where the conditions are peculiar due to the high temperatures, is really difficult to make a complete evaluation. Now we still have a test before the opening round of the season in Qatar. I am sure that the final classification of these three days doesn’t completely reflect what will happen in the Championship this year”.