Andrea Dovizioso surprised at Ducati speed
Italian Andrea Dovizioso threatened to pull of your first major great shock of the 2013 Moog world champion in Qatar last night when he had trouble for a leading three placement in free practice.
Home's 125GP world champ put the factory Desmosedici GP13 in to the top three in the past due stages involving last evening of third training session, which will saw the best 10 quickly entered into tonight's second 15-minute qualifying treatment.
Honda CBR600RRDovizioso eventually accomplished in a morale-boosting sixth place and his best rate on a slippery and dirty surface of A single.56.417 put him just simply 0.001s behind compatriot and ex- Ducati rider Valentino Rossi.
Dovizioso's remarkable pace only agreed to be just over 0.3s behind the quickest lap clocked through rookie emotion Marc Marquez, who brought about the way simply by 0.001s in excess of reigning community champion Jorge Lorenzo.
Last night's effectiveness was a encouraged boost with regard to Dovizioso, who accepted he had unlikely to be and so competitive though Ducati starts your long procedure for bouncing again from a unfortunate two-year spell along with Rossi.
Honda CBR1000RRDovizioso, who was crowned the most successful driver in the history of the French-based Beast Yamaha Tech Three Team along with six podiums throughout 2012, claimed: "I'm so content especially regarding the gap to your fastest. This is certainly important to us all for the contest.
"I didn't be prepared to be this particular close or make this good time while using the soft tire because I became concentrating on utilizing the hard rear end.