MotoGP | Valencia Test Day 1: Dovizioso, “Today we didn't have great responses”

MotoGP Ducati Team Test Valencia Day 1 – Andrea Dovizioso achieved the fourth fastest time on the first day of IRTA testing of the MotoGP class in Valencia, the first for 2019.

However, "Dovi" wasn't aiming for the stopwatch, but would have liked to compare elements of the GP18 and GP19, which didn't happen due to the rain, which arrived about an hour and a half before the end of the session.

An interlocutory day and a different job from that done by his new team-mate Danilo Petrucci. Here's what the man from Forlì had to say at the end of the day.

“Today we did almost nothing, we started late and even in the dry there wasn't much grip. We wanted to make a comparison trying to recreate a basis to make the comparisons as best as possible, we had prepared well, but then it started to rain and we were unable to test the new elements. – said Andrea Dovizioso – To understand the differences we need days in good conditions, it's not easy to understand and you have to make important decisions, which will be carried forward into next season, so we need to test at the right time in the right way. Petrucci? We are doing some slightly different jobs. In any case, in my opinion, today didn't provide great answers."