DOHA: Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso, the world championship runner-up last season, took his Ducati to the top of the time charts in Friday (Saturday in Manila) practice for the season-opening Qatar MotoGP. Dovizioso clocked a best lap of 1 min 54.361 sec in the second session staged under floodlights, just like the race will be at Losail on Sunday night. “It’s really good, and we’ve confirmed the good feeling from the test, which I’m really happy about,” said Dovizioso. Behind these three were Jorge Lorenzo of Spain on the second factory Ducati at 0.470 sec off the pace and defending world champion and compatriot Marc Marquez on a Honda. Marquez, chasing a fourth MotoGP world title and third in succession this season, was 0.489 sec behind Dovizioso.

Source: Manila Times March 17, 2018 13:30 UTC