"I’m not happy to just finish in the top ten, but the problem was that there was much less grip in the race than in practice and it became a big issue, especially on corner entry in the first few laps," Dovizioso explained. "At turn eight I went in and immediately lost the rear end grip so I went off track and the serious racing was finished for me. I was trying to catch Lorenzo but I couldn’t manage it.""I’m not satisfied with eighth position here and we need to do better because we didn’t use the full potential of our package here," he continued. "We have to set that as our target now before we start getting new parts from Honda."
Dovizioso is fast, on and off the track
"I’m not happy to just finish in the top ten, but the problem was that there was much less grip in the race than in practice and it became a big issue, especially on corner entry in the first few laps," Dovizioso explained. "At turn eight I went in and immediately lost the rear end grip so I went off track and the serious racing was finished for me. I was trying to catch Lorenzo but I couldn’t manage it.""I’m not satisfied with eighth position here and we need to do better because we didn’t use the full potential of our package here," he continued. "We have to set that as our target now before we start getting new parts from Honda."