Morbidelli and Dovizioso on the death of Dean Berta Viñales: “The big names are an example for young people”

Another stop to rediscover the old feeling, with motorbike, body or both. The Austin GP for Franco Morbidelli and Andrea Dovizioso will serve to improve their process of getting to know their bikes, the official M1 for Frankie and the M1 Petronas for Dovi and to regain their polish. “If you do 13 races and two tests, you certainly have some automatisms that someone who has been standing still for 10 months cannot have, but let’s talk about the details – says Dovizioso -. It will be interesting to see how Yamaha is doing on a track different from Misano: here we are there are many bumps, but perhaps the grip could be the factor that will affect the most “.

Development for Dovi

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Andrea Dovizioso is only in the second race with the Yamaha SRT and will have to contribute to the development of the M1, which in his case is that of 2019, the least updated: “I think the DNA of the next bike will remain similar – says Dovi -. feedback will be important to explain to the engineers where to intervene, since I come from another bike and I have different parameters from those who previously had a Yamaha “.

lead by example

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On the very heartfelt theme of the death of Dean Berta Vinales and the many kids on the track at the same time, Dovizioso has clear ideas: “Although safety has made enormous strides, in falls where you remain stationary on the track there is no solution, I don’t I can imagine it – says Dovi -. With these dynamics you can do nothing: the truth is that considering how hard you go and the risks you take, few tragedies happen. I have nothing negative to say about safety; about age if he could talk about it, but I wouldn’t want to go into these things: it’s true that there are fewer and fewer drivers on the track, with little experience and a great desire to finish, but then you don’t see much more mature attitudes from more experienced drivers … “.

Morbidelli is the example

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Franco Morbidelli on the death of Viñales and the access of the very young to the races is very analytical: “First of all it was a great disappointment, it was a very bad thing in a devastating year for everyone and for a rider it is even more so. – he says -. In these cases many speak, but I do not feel like doing it because it would be superfluous in the face of such a tragedy. Something must be done to stem these tragedies, yes, and it will be the task of those who organize the championships, but us older we have to set a good example and I am ready to commit myself to do the best possible job “.