Ducati can fight for the MotoGP title with both riders this year, works team manager Davide Tardozzi has said after Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo set the pace at the first pre-season test in Malaysia. Italian Andrea Dovizioso was overall runner-up for Ducati last season but Lorenzo, a triple world champion, struggled and was only seventh in his first year with the team after nine seasons at Yamaha. I think we can be competitive for the championship this year, with both riders,” Tardozzi told the official motogp.com website on Friday. “Both our (factory) riders and (Danilo) Petrucci (on a non-works Ducati) have had very positive comments. Dovizioso, who won in Malaysia last year, was fourth fastest over the three days with Honda’s four times world champion Marc Marquez only eighth.

Source: Hindustan Times February 03, 2018 13:41 UTC