MOTOGP:Ducati says "The result was as good as we could have expected in the current circumstances

Sunday, 7 April 2013

MOTOGP:Ducati says "The result was as good as we could have expected in the current circumstances

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IN The season-opening MotoGP race at Losail International Circuit the Ducati Team riders Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden finish in seventh and eighth places, respectively.

After starting from the second row in his debut race for the Italian factory, Dovizioso ran into third place in erlier laps and had a battle with Valentino Rossi , Cal Crutchlow, Alvaro Bautista, Stefan Bradl, and teammate Hayden.and Nicky Hayden quickly advanced from 11th position to 9th and after a long strugle he fines 8th at the end.

Andrea Dovizioso - Ducati Team, 7th

Dovizioso says that

dovizioso with his ducati

“Before coming here, this is about the best result we could have hoped for. It’s true that we had hoped to do better following the exceptional qualifying session, but this is the reality. Races are different than practice, and I knew that. In fact, I was really curious to see how I’d go in the race. Doing a race weekend is an important experience, so we go on from here. We knew there were limits, but in my opinion we couldn’t have done any better. We improved on the times from last year, so that’s positive. Still, of course we always want to do better, so we don’t go home happy.”

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Nicky Hayden - Ducati Team, 8th

“We knew it was going to be difficult. We made a little improvement in the warm-up session, and I felt a bit better. I have to give credit to my guys because we made one more change before the race, and my bike was better than it’s been since we got here. I did my best time of the weekend by two tenths and basically ran at my qualifying pace for the first part of the race. I worked really hard to close that gap and get onto that little group in front of me, and things started feeling better. It would have been nice to pick up one more spot, but I couldn’t get past Dovi because he was better than I was on the brakes.”

Bernhard Gobmeier – Ducati Corse General Manager

“We’re happy that all four Ducati riders finished the race without any specific issues, and the result was as good as we could have expected in the current circumstances. With the progress made over the testing season, we were able to improve our speed, but nevertheless, we don’t yet have the consistency to run at the front, especially toward the end. We’re looking forward to the next races and the tests, where we’ll have some new things to try out.”

The ducati team headed to their home to get prepared to the next round of the championship in texas, its team members are giving their support to Team Manager Vittoriano Guareschi, whose father Claudio passed away on Sunday.