MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / MARCH 8-10, 2019
LOSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / DOHA, QATAR
P66
(Left) Alex Rins
(42) surged
to the front
and eventually
finished fourth,
while Danilo
Petrucci (9)
dropped to sixth.
(Below) The
Ducatis of Jack
Miller (43) and
Andrea Dovizioso
(04) sprint into
the lead, helped
no doubt by
the mysterious
holeshot device.
Dovizioso's control was unshakeable,
even though his tactics were decided by
circumstances. "It was a strange race. I
didn't really have that strategy, but I was
managing my rear tire." This meant that
Rins was frequently ahead. "His corner
speed was amazing." But apart from that,
Dovi hadn't seen anybody else all race,
"and I couldn't analyze my weak points."
On the penultimate lap, he ran a little
wide to let Marquez through. Then, "I saw
he [Marquez] was struggling with the rear.
He never gives up, but I was able to an-
swer, because I put him really on the limit."
For the first time all weekend, Dovizioso
used Ducati's aero-wing under the front
