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MotoGP Valencia GP – Dovizioso (retirement): "In the end, it was positive that Lorenzo was ahead of me"

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Long corked by his teammate – to whom Ducati unsuccessfully ordered the order to pass Marquez’s only challenger for the championship – Andrea Dovizioso finally believes that staying behind Lorenzo allowed him to have a smoother ride…. MNC Statements and Analysis.

Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati Team (9th in qualifying, retirement in the race and 2nd in the championship) : "I tried everything and I think we must be happy with this weekend. We weren’t as fast as Marquez but we fought until the end. I attacked from the very first turn I didn’t make a mistake and got in a good position, but unfortunately I didn’t have a lot of cards to play. At first I thought I could pass Jorge, but in some areas I was losing ground and in others I was regaining it ".

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"In the end, staying behind him helped me to have a smoother ride, so it was positive that he was in front of me. We were all at the limit, even Marc who managed to narrowly catch up again and I want to congratulate him because this year he managed to make the difference. Anyway, I’m very happy with this season. I thank all the guys in the team, Ducati and all those who supported me, because we had a top season, full of satisfactions ".

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MNC analysis : Objectively, Andrea Dovizioso had little chance of winning the title this weekend in Valencia, but he does not have to be ashamed of his season. The Italian finished second in a fiercely contested championship throughout the season and has managed to position himself as a challenger where more expected Viñales, even Rossi.

Still, "Desmo Dovi" believed in his chances and long said the title was within his grasp. When he takes the lead in the provisional classification this summer at, he says loud and clear that he can "". And even after he finishes in a disappointing, the calm and talented driver emphasizes that there are still "" left to play for the title..

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Sixth in, the n ° 4 then suddenly rises in power by signing his second double in and in! Third in stride to, he gave up a little ground the following race in (7th) before reaffirming his claims by signing his fifth victory in the !

At this point Rossi is mathematically excluded from the title race while Viñales – demoralized by the Yamaha’s traction concerns – is no longer much of a threat. Against all odds, Dovizioso becomes the last and most solid obstacle between the world crown and Marquez !

Far from being intoxicated by his new status, the 32-year-old Italian catches up with a victory in his failed race in (13th, on a delicate circuit for Ducati). He appears – without apparent pressure – in the final in Valencia with 21 lengths behind Marc Marquez, with whom he shares the same number of victories this season (6). 

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All smiles, Dovi says he is already very happy to have arrived there before the race: even if the title escapes him, his balance of success and his consistency at the forefront are indeed a consecration for this rider engaged in MotoGP since 2008, which until now had only two successes (in 2009 with Honda and then in 2016 with Ducati) !

The race will eventually turn in favor of the Honda rider, who had a comfortable head start: to win, Dovizioso had to win and hope that Marquez finished 12th. Impossible mission ? Yes and no, finally, in view of the fall caught by the extreme narrowly by the title holder…

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Andrea Dovizioso, he will not have this chance: author of a race far too wise to claim the feat, the Italian made a mistake six laps from the finish in turn 5. Three previous turns , in the same lap, his teammate, whom he followed without trying to do anything, bit the dust !

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What to feed resentment about the attitude Jorge Lorenzo, summoned several times by his team to let Andrea Dovizioso pass? Not at all according to Dovi, who refuses to enter into the controversy or to use it as a pretext. On the contrary, in a very honest and noble way, the Italian assures that following the Mallorcan was beneficial to him to stay in the second group.. 

"Yes, Jorge could have passed me and he didn’t, but I don’t see it as something that conditioned my result. Unfortunately!", Admits Andrea Dovizioso frankly. "I wish I could say the opposite, but I had nothing more than what we showed. In the end, I had 24 laps to do something but I didn’t have the speed".

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“Maybe I could have been a bit faster at the start of the race, because I was more comfortable than Jorge in some areas. But that was little compared to how well I managed to stay regular until my error. From the outside it is difficult to see that, how much a pilot is at the limit, how many times he loses the front … Realizing it is not obvious , but yet I was at the limit ". Word of MotoGP 2017 vice-world champion !

General classification of the MotoGP World Championship 2017

  1. Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA (298 points)
  2. Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA (261 points)
  3. Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha SPA (230 points)
  4. Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA (210 points)
  5. Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA (208 points)
  6. Johann ZARCO Yamaha FRA (174 points)
  7. Jorge LORENZO Ducati SPA (137 points)
  8. Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA (124 points)
  9. Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR (112 points)
  10. Jonas FOLGER Yamaha GER (84 points)
  11. Jack MILLER Honda AUS (82 points)
  12. Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati SPA (75 points)
  13. Andrea IANNONE Suzuki ITA (70 points)
  14. Scott REDDING Ducati GBR (64 points)
  15. Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia SPA (62 points)
  16. Alex RINS Suzuki SPA (59 points)
  17. Pol ESPARGARO KTM SPA (55 points)
  18. Loris BAZ Ducati FRA (45 points)
  19. Tito RABAT Honda SPA (35 points)
  20. Karel ABRAHAM Ducati CZE (32 points)
  21. Bradley SMITH KTM GBR (29 points)
  22. Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA (28 points)
  23. Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA (25 points)
  24. Mika KALLIO KTM FIN (11 points)
  25. Sam LOWES Aprilia GBR (5 points)
  26. Katsuyuki NAKASUGA Yamaha JPN (4 points)
  27. Sylvain GUINTOLI Suzuki FRA (1 point)
  28. Michael VAN DER MARK Yamaha NED
  29. Takuya TSUDA Suzuki JPN
  30. Hiroshi AOYAMA Honda JPN
  31. Broc PARKES Yamaha AUS

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