British GP MotoGP – Dovizioso (1st): "we can fight for the championship"

With this new victory yesterday at Silverstone for the MotoGP Brittany Grand Prix – the 6th of his MotoGP career and the 4th this year – Andrea Dovizioso takes the helm of the world championship with 9 points ahead of Marc Marquez ! Statements and Analysis.

Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati (6th in qualifying and 1st in race) : "I’m really happy with this victory, my fourth this year, because every race won is different from the others. It means that we are really strong and that we can fight for the championship. It was really a difficult race. because all of our competitors were in top form ".

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"Today Marquez was unlucky," continued the n ° 4, "but we had a perfect race because even though we were probably not the fastest, we were able to adapt as best as possible. and to play for victory. It shows that the work we did this weekend was excellent, as well as my race strategy because I managed to take the right places at the right time. This year, every race is a story in itself and the tires are still a key factor, but we remain very focused on our working method which gives results ".

He had announced it from his third victory in: Andrea Dovizioso is now "" MotoGP World Champion 2017, after having also won in and in! The Ducati official confirmed this yesterday in, insisting that his victory was not linked to the retirement of Marc Marquez but to his racing strategy..

• Dovizioso in Austria :

Starting 6th on the grid, the Italian indeed knew how to play the right places at the right time in order to maintain a good grip and give the blow to Viñales and Rossi at the end of the race. He was indeed not the fastest on the track (3rd fastest lap in the race with a fastest lap of 2’01.738 at 0.178 sec from Marquez and 0.078 from Viñales), but he benefited from a good tackle speed like most Ducatis. (328.8 km / h for Dovi and Barbera, 329.2 km / h Bautista and 327.7 km / h for Petrucci) with the exception of that of Lorenzo (324 km / h).

Leading the championship with 183 points – and author of the most wins this year! -, Dovizioso must now keep a cool head and continue to counter the attacks that Marquez (174), Viñales (170) and Rossi (157) will be sure to try in the next six events of the season, starting with the GP of San Marino in 15 days !

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