Fifteen-time MotoGP race winner Andrea Dovizioso will trip the Yamaha M1 on this week’s personal take a look at at Misano, changing the injured Cal Crutchlow.
Dovizioso, absent from the limelight since retiring from racing on the finish of 2022, will assist Yamaha develop its beleaguered MotoGP bike in a two-day take a look at on the Italian circuit on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Dovizioso will exchange Yamaha’s designated take a look at rider Cal Crutchlow, who stays out of motion as a consequence of issues from a hand harm he sustained earlier within the 12 months.
The Italian rider, who completed runner-up within the championship to then-Honda rider Marc Marquez for 3 consecutive seasons between 2017-19, has already accomplished a ‘preliminary take a look at’ to acclimate himself with the present model of M1.
“I’m sorry that Cal continues to be not effectively, and I hope he recovers shortly,” he mentioned.
“Having mentioned that, I’m glad and excited to have the possibility to get on a MotoGP bike once more, and I wish to thank Yamaha for this chance. I hope I can make my contribution to the event of the bike.”
Though finest recognized for his eight-year stint with Ducati, the place he cemented his place as probably the greatest riders of the 2010s, Dovizioso spent the final one-and-a-half years of his MotoGP profession driving the M1 on the now-defunct Petronas SRT crew in 2021-22.
Andrea Dovizioso, RNF MotoGP Racing
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Nonetheless, the Italian struggled to adapt to the M1 at a time when it was probably the greatest bikes on the grid, failing to muster a single top-10 end.
Yamaha shall be hoping to faucet into his expertise and experience, having performed a key function in turning the Ducati right into a race-winner within the mid-2010s.
“All of us want Cal a speedy restoration and hope to see him again on monitor quickly with our take a look at crew,” mentioned Yamaha crew director Massimo Meregalli.
“Nonetheless, within the meantime, we will not afford to be idle. We’re due to this fact delighted to substantiate that Andrea has agreed to fill in for Cal and tackle the function of the Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing MotoGP Take a look at rider on the personal Misano take a look at.
“Andrea and Yamaha have had a detailed relationship for a few years. Dovi is a extremely expert and exact rider who additionally has a transparent understanding of the technical aspect of MotoGP.
“Moreover, moreover his expertise within the MotoGP championship, he’s additionally accustomed to Yamaha’s MotoGP Challenge, so we’re significantly trying ahead to persevering with our partnership with him. We predict he’ll assist us accumulate worthwhile information and provides us good suggestions.”
Race riders Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins can even be testing new components on the M1, having flown straight from Spielberg after the Austrian GP, the place Yamaha suffered its first non-points end in over two years.
