Analyzes – GP of Rep. Czech – Dovizioso (1st): “The perfect weekend!” –

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GP of Rep. Czech – Dovizioso (1st): "The perfect weekend!"

Analyzes - GP of Rep. Czech - Dovizioso (1st): & quot; The perfect weekend! & quot; -

Andrea Dovizioso celebrated his 100th race in the Ducati colors this weekend in the Czech Republic. A milestone celebrated with pole and then victory at Brno, a circuit on which the Italian had never triumphed since his Grand Prix debut in 2002 ! Debriefing.

Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati (1st in qualifying and 1st in race) : "We were a little slower compared to practice, but that’s normal because we all preserved the rear tire. Anyway I’m happy, we had the perfect weekend. From the first session, the speed was there and then we worked very well for the race. We did a lot of laps with the same tires in practice, qualifying also went wonderfully: starting from pole helps a lot in terms of rubber management ".

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"My strategy? It was decided over the laps. I was trying to understand my opponents, in this case Valentino during the first laps. In the end I expected to fight Marc, I thought he had But it was finally Jorge who came back on me. It wasn’t easy on the last five laps and as I was in the lead, I couldn’t judge the level of the other competitors. Whenever I was attacked, I tried to respond right away and set my pace. All in all it worked. ".

"By analyzing our results more closely, we can see very clearly that our bike is better than last season. The problem is that we had three blank results, so in the championship we are quite far away. three races in question, we were fighting for the podium. And then the changes we made this weekend should – I believe – have an impact on the rest of the season. I felt much more comfortable, I could therefore ride better. I am not yet 100% satisfied. However, overall the bike is at a very good level. ".

Site analysis: A winning comeback for Andrea Dovizioso, who had not won any races since the Qatari GP at the start of the season. Qualified on pole – his first in 2018 – the Italian wins the Czech Republic GP with a very short lead over his teammate Jorge Lorenzo, who made a fantastic comeback in the last laps..

Analyzes - GP of Rep. Czech - Dovizioso (1st): & quot; The perfect weekend! & quot; -

The duel was hot between the men, whose spirits heated up throughout the weekend following their stinging statements in the press. In the end, sport fortunately resumes its rights: "Dovi" and "Jorgeuil" pulled out without a low blow, before shaking hands at the finish. End of controversy.

Another threatening driver for "DesmoDovi": Marc Marquez, who remained in the leading group without really trying to get ahead. The race therefore took place in a strange way, between accelerating pace and voluntarily maintained pace. Thus, the best time of the race signed by Lorenzo in 1’56.640 in his 21st lap is six good tenths of the race lap record held by Pedrosa since 2014 in 1’56.027 ! 

Analyzes - GP of Rep. Czech - Dovizioso (1st): & quot; The perfect weekend! & quot; -

By his own admission, Dovizioso acknowledges that the pace was not very high but attributes this relative "slowness" to the obligation to manage the tire capital. It is also likely that the contrast between the hot weather during practice and the refreshment on Sunday (50 ° C on the ground during qualifying, 41 ° C during the race) prompted everyone to be cautious..

Still, the Italian wins at a key moment: the n ° 4 – author of three white results in Jerez, Le Mans and Catalonia – climbs back to third place in the provisional classification, 68 pts behind the leader. Nice operation for the Italian, who passes Viñales in the championship just before tackling two Grands Prix where he triumphed last year: Austria next week and Great Britain at the end of August! Bodes well for Dovizioso, who says he appreciates the aerodynamic changes made to his Ducati.

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