"MotoGP is not football"

Andrea Dovizioso and Ducati reflect on their future. No one knows the Desmosedici better than the Forlì: "But MotoGP is not football".

For the third consecutive season Andrea Dovizioso MotoGP runner-up is confirmed behind Marc Marquez. Goal missed once again, but no one can do better than Ducati and the Forlì. We have tried the various Jorge Lorenzo, Danilo Petrucci and Jack Miller, but the leading role is always the Forlì. From here until next spring there is a lot to do on the technical level, to try to improve the curve. Eyes on frame and engine, but from Borgo Panigale engineers it's easy to expect some "devilry".

From next year a new Michelin rear tire that could re-mix the balance will debut. "We are working for next year, but we need a little break – explained Andrea Dovizioso to Sky Sport -. In December you start with the preparation, but you don't have certain commitments and I will do some charity competitions". At the moment mouths sewn on future market choices, team and driver will have a lot to think about. "We've known each other for seven years, there's no special news, let's talk about the usual things. We are at such a high level that it is difficult to improve. Easy to ask for things, but getting them is difficult". Renewal or divorce for 2021, everything remains to be decided. To exclude the voices that would like it in KTM. "This is MotoGP, let's see, we are focused on the result".

In the last races Andrea Dovizioso was reconfirmed not only as the first Ducati rider, but able to make great comebacks. No one like him could better manage the Desmosedici in the short term. But the latest results will not have much weight for future choices. "It's not like in football that you live the last game, you have to look further afield and make the mistake of looking too late at the end of the season. You have to pull the line, see what has been done throughout the season, not just how it ended. The numbers say that Marquez gave everyone the pay – stressed Dovi -, but in the end we are seconds with a nice margin and with two zeroes without making mistakes. We had to win the World Cup, but we didn't make it in the last three years. Behind us there are important houses".