Three-time championship runner-up Dovizioso embarks on his first full campaign as a Yamaha rider since 2012, after signing with RNF Racing late last year to contest the final five rounds in place of Franco Morbidelli at the formerly known Petronas SRT.
Having ridden a Ducati for eight years between 2013 and 2020, Dovizioso found transitioning to the 2019-spec Yamaha difficult.
Those troubles have continued into 2022 on the latest M1, with Dovizioso 22nd and 1.1 seconds off the pace in last weekend’s Sepang test – with Quartararo top Yamaha in seventh, almost a second clear.
Quartararo was unhappy with the lack of progress made with the 2022 Yamaha, particularly its engine, but Dovizioso explained that it is currently only possible to be fast on the bike by riding like the Frenchman.
“I can’t be happy about the speed and also the pace,” Dovizioso said.
“I mean, I think in this moment there is just the way of Fabio to ride this Yamaha because, it showed last year, but in…
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