Andrea Dovizioso is still a bit in the skin of the "superfluous man". That's something that led him to leave Honda and it is still coming to get him to commit to Ducati.

The Italian could sign a contract extension at Tech3 and continue to have a machine that more powerful but for him to win, it is essential to be a factory rider.

" Last season I rode a very high level, but it was impossible to win, I do not say the title but even a simple race against Lorenzo, Stoner and Pedrosa.

MotoGP is essential to be part of an official team, because you are the first to test the changes. A satellite team now has no chance of winning the title . "

Of course, the first demand driver Forli was joining the team official Iwata but failing that, he will have to get used to a completely different bike.

" Last season, there was talk of a possible shift in the official team Yamaha but they hired Valentino. Now I want to succeed with Ducati. I'm not really mounted on the bike so I can not judge, but I will adapt my driving style to the bike . "

In any event, Dovizioso had not much to lose by signing Borgo Panigale.

Indeed, if it can be competitive, it will certainly be considered a great director to develop, whereas if fail, nobody saw him take the name of rigor pilots who broke the teeth on the Desmosedici before him.

New year, new life. 2012 is now behind us, and the World Championship prepares for a new season with several new regulatory and market. Among these, the most discussed so far has been the reunion of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha under the roof of the box . The two had already lived from 2008 to 2010, winning three world titles (two Rossi, Lorenzo one), but also by increasing internal tensions to the demise of Italian at Ducati.
So the question of who was the master of the house remained open despite the looming shadow of a generational change. Today, in light of two dull seasons of 'Doctor', hierarchies hang strongly in favor of the Majorcan champion . The two talked for hours just renewed the society, and always with great political correctness awaiting the stopwatch. The age, they say, brings counsel, and it is reasonable to expect a more subtle war between the two former (?)-Rivals.
"We have a completely different bike from the 2010 and I think that the atmosphere inside the box it will - said Wilco Zeelenberg , Team Manager Lorenzo, on the lines of OTOR - Valentino then did not accept that Jorge was the boy emerging who drove his bike , but now Jorge has won two world championships with Yamaha and I think Valentino respect it for that. "
"Rossi has struggled for two years and wants a competitive bike - has aggiutno - knows that Jorge and Dani are very strong. I think it will steadily fighting for the podium, but the big question for everyone, including himself, is to what point. getting old, although 34 years are not so many, and he knows that Jorge and Dani driving very instinct, as he is not really so . need to know exactly what is happening on the bike, and if you can improve and guarantee them the right confidence, is capable of winning. fatigue But when he did not feel the need to go as fast as the others, something that I had noticed in 2010. It will not be an easy season because they constantly compete, but as we have seen with Casey and Dani in Honda . races are exactly that. "
Rivalries, on the other hand, they also allow riders to grow and improve. Lorenzo himself has spoken several times about this. In a relatively poor season of overtaking at the top, its constancy (first or second in 16 of 18 GP) has been the discriminating. Can he repeat the feat with a teammate much more cumbersome (from the point of view of the media), the Spies?
"I think Jorge is at the peak of his career, and the question remains how long to stay. Valentine has shown that the golden years of a pilot can last. Jorge did not think I could improve a lot compared to 2010, but this season did something like 50 points higher .'s stronger physically and mentally. has improved in startups and constant results. has fought against Stoner and Pedrosa. But next season tires will be slightly different, then will start again from scratch. "
One of the characteristic features of Lorenzo is undoubtedly the analytical curiosity, and in recent years Zeelenberg made by an eyewitness to the growth of Spanish.
"The first time we met he told me: 'I want to win races.' And I told him that winning 18 games was not a realistic goal, and the goal should be the title, and what had to be on the podium at every race. Since then we have started to work in this respect. believe that in 2009 you would simply beat Valentino, race after race, rather than think about the championship . But he never stopped learning. always has an open ear and it seems a sponge. Even his method of work changes from race to race and from season to season. This keeps me motivated and attentive. "
The official return of M1 Rossi on the Valencia test, Lorenzo was comfortably seated on the wall of the pit lane to eat an apple while the throng of photographers and fans besieged the Yamaha garage. Probably it will take more than a daily dose of that fruit to remove the doctor (Doctor, in this case) out of the way, but each device is valid for confirming its status as a world champion.