Andrea Dovizioso has one wish for Ducati in the 2018 season. He hopes the Desmosedici can turn slightly better for the sake of being competitive each weekend.
Dovizioso is already quite competitive in the 2017 season, competing with Marc Marquez for the world title. But this Ducati rider in the end must be satisfied to be runner-up with Raihan 261 points, behind rivals from Repsol Honda team who collected 298 figures.
If it can be pulled one thing that distinguishes Dovizioso and Marquez, it is the consistency of the finish in the front row. Both Dovizioso and Marquez are both six times victorious, but different when each faces a complicated situation.
Marquez is relatively more able to limit the bad results, with only three finishes outside the top three and three failed finish. While Dovizioso only twice failed to finish, but also eight times finish outside the podium.
Dovizioso also had one small request for Ducati, without any intention of complaining. He hopes Desmosedici mounts in the 2018 season later can turn slightly better.
It believes it will make it more competitive in the new season. Ducati this season it still has a few problems understeer and this affects the degradation of the rear tires.
"I think that will be enough, if we can improve it a bit, I do not want to say we have to fix it, because of course we have a number of other advantages," said Dovizioso as quoted by Crash.
"So I do not want to tell you that our bike is bad and how bad the turn is.I think we have good points from the bike right now, but bend, in my opinion and from my experience with different teams and motors, important."
"If we can improve a bit, it will be enough to be competitive every weekend," he added.