Austrian MotoGP GP – Dovizioso (1st): "We have all the cards in our hands to play for the title"

Andrea Dovizioso managed to resist the formidable attacks of Marc Marquez and won for the third time this year. The Ducati rider takes second place in the general classification just 16 points behind the official Honda and believes he now has all the cards in hand to play for the title !

The Spielberg circuit, favorable to the Ducati since its appearance in the calendar last year and there, has not failed in its reputation: Andrea Dovizioso wins a magnificent 2017 Austrian Grand Prix against Marc Marquez, while his teammate Jorge Lorenzo, one time in the lead, finished fourth.

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"I managed to keep a cool head"

“It was a crazy race and honestly the whole weekend was amazing, especially in the last corner of the last lap!” Said Desmo Dovi, “but I managed to keep a cool head and I knew Marquez was going to try to overtake me. It was a very complicated situation because if Marc had closed the door coming out of the turn, he would have forced me to widen and he would have passed me. Instead I was able to resist his attack and I had a clear path to win! "

"I am very happy with the way we managed the weekend with my team," said the Ducati n ° 4 official. "Making the right tire choice was particularly difficult but we did it. We had a great race, we scored points in the championship and we have all the cards in our hands to fight for the title".

The Italian had a superb 2017 season: this third victory in MotoGP after his two races won consecutively in and – the fifth of his career with the and the – indeed opens the doors of the 2017 world title to him..

He will have to confirm the regularity of his performances (only one white result in the) and above all not to rest on his laurels because a certain Marc Marquez, in particular, will try everything to block his path to this possible first MotoGP world champion title….

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