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Argentina will be a compressed GP of only two days. The delay in the arrival of the airplane with the material on board forced the organizers to do without their Friday, so free practice and qualifications will be held on Saturday. A forced decision, but one that Andrea Dovizioso had already thought of.
"I’m really curious to experience this two-day weekend,” he said. “I had already proposed it to the Safety Commission it in the past, without any response. Unfortunately, it’s in a strange situation because we’ll have a dirty track to race on in Argentina, unlike what could happen if we were in Europe. We won’t get the chance to figure out how the tires work, and the tests will be falsified from this aspect. In any case, I’m happy to try this experiment."
To satisfy their curiosity.
"Certainly, there's never enough time in the MotoGP, because you have to work on many things, and this also happens in the tests, especially if you’re a rider on an official team,“ he continued, “but a three-day weekend is really long and doesn’t affect the show on the track. I want to try this reduced weekend to understand. Surely, with three days, you work in a more relaxed manner. Maybe I’m wrong, but at least I’ll have an answer after this weekend."
Dovi still has a lot to work to do on his Yamaha. Having overcome the technical problems that stopped him in Mandalika ("It was my turn, but it wasn't something related to the bike, things happen"), he’s now focusing on the future.
"When you know the bike well, you can work better than others,” he explained. “When you know the positive and negative sides, your ideas are clearer, because you’re able to work on the details. Quartararo is certainly doing a great job, and we saw him last year when he won the title. Year after year, you learn a lot of things and, if there are no major changes in the team, you can work more effectively."
Andrea also didn’t fail to comment on the new chicane at the Red Bull Ring.
"It wasn’t made to slow down cornering, but to avoid getting there straight on," he said. "With this change, the problem of getting to what was turn three disappears, along with the risk of closing the front, so it’s safer. Various types of chicanes had been proposed there, but the space is limited, and you can’t do much. This, however, was designed in such a way that, if you fall at the first corner, the bike doesn’t cross the second. There are definitely nicer ones to race on, but seeing it in the photo, it seems like the problem was resolved."
He also spoke about how they’re preventing Ducati to use their “automatic” front lowering device.
"The reasoning behind this is that, if something is achieved within the limits of the regulation, it’s always right and, if a team was the first to create it, they should have the right to take advantage of it," Dovi said. “But if I observe this issue from a rider’s point of view, then it would be best not to use it. It’s true that we get used to everything, but all the movements that are being added while riding are reaching a limit. You have to ride a motorcycle with your hands while doing some finger movements, and it's really hard to do everything. If I had a choice, I wouldn't use it. I was the first to use it in the race when I was in Ducati, and I wasn't relaxed when I was doing it. Obviously, when you adapt to its use, and discover the advantages, then you use it."
