Ideal weather conditions greeted the MotoGP riders for the second of three days of testing organized by IRTA at the Sepang International Circuit on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
The Ducati Team rider has one of the new 2016 Desmosedici GP bike available together with one of last year’s model. Today he used exclusively the 2016 version.
The morning’s favourable weather conditions allowed almost all riders to set their reference time right away, but a spectacular crash on the main straight involving Frenchman Loris Baz on the Avintia Racing Ducati brought out the red flags and a delay of more than one hour in track activities.
Dovizioso returned to the track again at around 4 pm to complete the rest of his work load, which included testing Michelin front tyres and further refinements to the electronics set-up.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 2’01.723 (14th), 35 laps
“It was a bit of a strange day, for several reasons. We had a few minor issues, which slowed us down a lot and conditioned the whole day. Unfortunately we were unable to carry out the scheduled back-to-back tests. This morning, after I had looked at some other riders, I got a better idea of the direction to take in my approach to the track with the Michelin tyres. We are still a bit off the pace, and for this reason there is still some way to go.”