Andrea Dovizioso

Andrea Dovizioso
Dovizioso at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix.
Nationality	Italian
Born	23 March 1986 Forlimpopoli, Italy
Current team	Ducati Team
Bike number	4
Website	andreadovizioso.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2008–present Manufacturers Ducati, Yamaha, Honda Championships 0 2016 championship position 5th (171 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 160 2 34 5 3 1646 250cc World Championship Active years 2005–2007 Manufacturers Honda Championships 0 2007 championship position 2nd (260 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 49 4 26 4 8 721 125cc World Championship Active years 2001–2004 Manufacturers Honda, Aprilia Championships 1 (2004) 2004 championship position 1st (293 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 49 5 15 9 3 492

Andrea Dovizioso (born 23 March 1986) is a professional motorcycle road racer who currently competes in the MotoGP world championship, for the factory Ducati Team. He won the 125cc World Championship in 2004. He also finished third in the MotoGP class in 2011 and has been a race winner on two occasions, separated by seven years.

Career

125cc

Born in Forlimpopoli, Italy, Dovizioso won the 125cc Italian Aprilia Challenge in 2000. In 2001 Dovizioso won the 125cc European Championship and also competed in his first World Championship race at Mugello, in which he retired. In 2002 he competed in the 125cc World Championship with Team Scot Honda, finishing 16th in the final standings. His best results were two 9th places in Le Mans and Donington. He continued with the team in 2003, finishing 5th in the final standings and achieving four podium finishes. The 2004 season saw him pick up five victories and six other podium finishes on his way to winning the championship with 293 points.

250cc

Honda NSR250 used by Dovizioso in the 250cc World Championship

In 2005 Dovizioso moved to the 250cc class, continuing with Team Scot Honda. The season included five podium finishes and 3rd place in the overall standings. He also won the Rookie of the Year award. In 2006 he stayed with the team, who were now renamed as Humangest Racing. He won two races in Barcelona and Estoril and finished on the podium 11 times. He fought for the championship until the final race of the season, but had to settle for 2nd place behind Jorge Lorenzo. The 2007 season saw him win two races in Istanbul and Donington and challenge once again for the championship, but he finished in 2nd place once again.

MotoGP

Honda (2008–2011)

2008

Dovizioso at the 2008 British Grand Prix

On 15 September 2007, Dovizioso announced that he would be making the move up to the MotoGP class with his existing team in 2008.^[1] On his premier class debut, Dovizioso achieved a highly credible fourth place, at the season opener in Qatar, passing Valentino Rossi on the last lap. Throughout the season Dovi was one of the most consistent Honda riders, placing 4th and 5th several times, and achieving a 3rd place podium finish at the Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang. Dovizioso finished 5th in the final standings.

2009

Dovizioso at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix

For the 2009 season, Dovizioso became an official Repsol Honda rider replacing Nicky Hayden and partnering Spain's Dani Pedrosa.^[2] In July 2009, Dovizioso won his first race in MotoGP at the British Grand Prix in wet conditions at Donington Park.^[3] Despite otherwise consistent points finishes, Dovizioso ended up with less points than in his début season in the class, ending up sixth in the final standings.

2010

The podium after the 2010 Italian Grand Prix; Dovizioso (right) finished third, behind Jorge Lorenzo (left), and race-winner Dani Pedrosa (centre).

Dovizioso had a strong start to his second season with the Repsol Honda team picking up a podium in the season-opening race in Qatar. Three more podiums followed early in the year before his results tailed off mid season. Despite this, Dovizioso consistently racked up points and claimed his first pole position in MotoGP at the Japanese Grand Prix at Twin Ring Motegi.^[4] He went on to finish second in the race after challenging for the race win, equalling his result from the British Grand Prix; Dovizioso again finished second in the following race in Malaysia. Dovizioso retired in Australia, and concluded the season with third in Portugal and fifth in Valencia to finish fifth in the final championship standings.

2011

Dovizioso at the 2011 Portuguese Grand Prix

Dovizioso remained with Repsol Honda for a third consecutive season in 2011, riding in a three-bike team alongside Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa. Dovizioso started the season well, with a fourth place in Qatar after a race-long battle with Marco Simoncelli. At Jerez, Dovizioso experienced severe tyre wear and had to make a tyre change on his way to 12th place in the damp conditions. He took fourth place in Portugal, with a late-race pass on Valentino Rossi, before Le Mans saw Dovizioso's best performance of the season to that point. Having circulated in sixth for a portion of the race, he was helped by the collision between Pedrosa and Simoncelli, which saw Pedrosa crash out and Simoncelli given a ride-through penalty. He then passed Jorge Lorenzo and Rossi en route to a second-place finish.^[5] Fourth place followed in Catalunya, before another second place in Great Britain, having started fifth and led the first few laps before being overtaken by team-mate Stoner. Dovizioso extended his podium run to four races after third in the Netherlands and second at his home race at Mugello.

He finished second for the fourth time in 2011, in the Czech Republic; holding off pressure from Simoncelli.^[6] Two fifth places followed, before Dovizioso's only retirement of the season in Aragon, after crashing out. Dovizioso finished fifth in Japan, despite a ride-through penalty for jumping the start.^[7] Dovizioso finished third in Australia and Valencia, while the Malaysian race was cancelled after the death of Simoncelli in the first attempt to run the race.^[8]

He ended the season third behind Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner, but decided to move to the Tech 3 Yamaha team for the 2012 season, alongside Cal Crutchlow on a one-year deal. Dovizioso moved to the team after rejecting the offer of a satellite Honda bike,^[9] after Repsol Honda reverted to two bikes – for Stoner and Pedrosa – for the 2012 season.

Yamaha (2012)

Dovizioso achieved top-five placings in each of his first three starts for Tech 3, with fifth places in Qatar and at Jerez, as well as a fourth place at the Portuguese Grand Prix. A seventh place followed at Le Mans, before his first podium of the season – a third place – at the Catalan Grand Prix. After missing out on points at the British Grand Prix due to a crash, Dovizioso finished third or fourth in each of the next six races, with four podiums to maintain fourth place in the championship ahead of team-mate Crutchlow.

He won the Supermoto-Race on SIC Supermoto Day together with Mauno Hermunen, a race in honor of the memory of the Italian racer Marco Simoncelli, who also died in a race crash in 2011.

Ducati (2013–present)

2013

Ducati Desmosedici used by Dovizioso in the 2013 season

Following Valentino Rossi's move back to the factory Yamaha team, Dovizioso was signed by Ducati to replace Rossi in their factory team.^[10] Dovizioso had a difficult season on an under-performing Ducati Desmosedici, with a best placement of fourth in wet conditions at the French Grand Prix. He ended the season eighth, behind Stefan Bradl and just ahead of team-mate Nicky Hayden.

2014

Dovizioso at the 2014 French Grand Prix

Dovizioso was joined at Ducati by his former Tech 3 team-mate Cal Crutchlow, reuniting the riders that raced with Tech 3 in 2012. The season started in a positive way for Dovizioso, who obtained three top-five results in the first four races, including a third place in the Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas and claimed his first pole position with Ducati in Japan, his first pole position since 2010. He ended the season fifth in the riders' championship.

2015

Dovizioso remained at Ducati for a third successive season, where he was joined by fellow Italian rider, Andrea Iannone, who moved from Pramac Racing. He took the first pole position of the season in Qatar, out-qualifying the rest of the field by 0.2 seconds.^[11] In the race, he started well and battled with the factory Yamahas of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. He finished in second place behind Rossi,^[12] taking his first podium since the Dutch TT in June 2014. Team-mate Iannone finished just behind in third place, giving the factory team their first double podium finish since the 2010 Aragon Grand Prix. In the following two races, he finished in second position; he had a total of five podiums during the season, and finished seventh in the championship.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing career

By season

Seas	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
2001	125cc	Aprilia RS 125	RCGM Rubicone Corse	51	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC	–
2002	125cc	Honda RS125R	Scot Racing Team	34	16	0	0	0	0	42	16th	–
2003	125cc	Honda RS125R	Team Scot	34	16	0	4	1	0	157	5th	–
2004	125cc	Honda RS125RW	Kopron Team Scot	34	16	5	11	8	3	293	1st	1
2005	250cc	Honda RS250RW	Team Scot	34	16	0	5	0	1	189	3rd	–
2006	250cc	Honda RS250RW	Humangest Racing Team	34	16	2	11	2	4	272	2nd	–
2007	250cc	Honda RS250RW	Kopron Team Scot	34	17	2	10	2	3	260	2nd	–
2008	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	4	18	0	1	0	0	174	5th	–
2009	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	Repsol Honda Team	4	17	1	1	0	0	160	6th	–
2010	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	Repsol Honda Team	4	18	0	7	1	1	206	5th	–
2011	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	Repsol Honda Team	4	17	0	7	0	1	228	3rd	–
2012	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	Monster Yamaha Tech3	4	18	0	6	0	0	218	4th	–
2013	MotoGP	Ducati GP13	Ducati Team	4	18	0	0	0	0	140	8th	–
2014	MotoGP	Ducati GP14	Ducati Team	4	18	0	2	1	0	187	5th	–
2015	MotoGP	Ducati GP15	Ducati Team	4	18	0	5	1	0	162	7th	–
2016	MotoGP	Ducati GP16	Ducati Team	4	18	1	5	2	1	171	5th	–
Total					258	11	75	18	14	2859		1

By class

Class	Seas	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2001–2004	2001 Italy	2003 South Africa	2004 South Africa	49	5	15	9	3	492	1
250cc	2005–2007	2005 Spain	2005 Portugal	2006 Catalunya	49	4	26	4	8	721	0
MotoGP	2008–present	2008 Qatar	2008 Malaysia	2009 Great Britain	160	2	34	5	3	1646	0
Total	2001–present				258	11	75	18	14	2859	1

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2001	125cc	Aprilia	JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA Ret	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	BRA			NC	0
2002	125cc	Honda	JPN Ret	RSA 10	SPA Ret	FRA 9	ITA 12	CAT Ret	NED 11	GBR 9	GER 13	CZE 21	POR Ret	BRA 13	PAC Ret	MAL 15	AUS 10	VAL 17			16th	42
2003	125cc	Honda	JPN 5	RSA 2	SPA 9	FRA 3	ITA 4	CAT Ret	NED 10	GBR 2	GER 7	CZE 6	POR 8	BRA 6	PAC 3	MAL 13	AUS Ret	VAL 8			5th	157
2004	125cc	Honda	RSA 1	SPA 4	FRA 1	ITA 4	CAT 2	NED 4	BRA 3	GER 4	GBR 1	CZE 2	POR Ret	JPN 1	QAT 2	MAL 2	AUS 1	VAL 2			1st	293
2005	250cc	Honda	SPA 4	POR 2	CHN 2	FRA 3	ITA 8	CAT 3	NED 7	GBR 7	GER 4	CZE 6	JPN 6	MAL Ret	QAT 3	AUS 5	TUR 5	VAL 9			3rd	189
2006	250cc	Honda	SPA 3	QAT 2	TUR 3	CHN 2	FRA 2	ITA 3	CAT 1	NED 3	GBR 6	GER 4	CZE 2	MAL 2	AUS 4	JPN 4	POR 1	VAL 7			2nd	272
2007	250cc	Honda	QAT 5	SPA 3	TUR 1	CHN 3	FRA 2	ITA 4	CAT 3	GBR 1	NED 4	GER 5	CZE 2	RSM Ret	POR 2	JPN 2	AUS 3	MAL 11	VAL 4		2nd	260
2008	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 4	SPA 8	POR Ret	CHN 11	FRA 6	ITA 8	CAT 4	GBR 5	NED 5	GER 5	USA 4	CZE 9	RSM 8	IND 5	JPN 9	AUS 7	MAL 3	VAL 4	5th	174
2009	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 5	JPN 5	SPA 8	FRA 4	ITA 4	CAT 4	NED Ret	USA Ret	GER Ret	GBR 1	CZE 4	IND 4	RSM 4	POR 7	AUS 6	MAL Ret	VAL 8		6th	160
2010	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 3	SPA 6	FRA 3	ITA 3	GBR 2	NED 5	CAT 14	GER 5	USA 4	CZE Ret	IND 5	RSM 4	ARA Ret	JPN 2	MAL 2	AUS Ret	POR 3	VAL 5	5th	206
2011	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 4	SPA 12	POR 4	FRA 2	CAT 4	GBR 2	NED 3	ITA 2	GER 4	USA 5	CZE 2	IND 5	RSM 5	ARA Ret	JPN 5	AUS 3	MAL C	VAL 3	3rd	228
2012	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT 5	SPA 5	POR 4	FRA 7	CAT 3	GBR 19	NED 3	GER 3	ITA 3	USA 4	IND 3	CZE 4	RSM 4	ARA 3	JPN 4	MAL 13	AUS 4	VAL 6	4th	218
2013	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 7	AME 7	SPA 8	FRA 4	ITA 5	CAT 7	NED 10	GER 7	USA 9	IND 10	CZE 7	GBR Ret	RSM 8	ARA 8	MAL 8	AUS 9	JPN 10	VAL 9	8th	140
2014	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 5	AME 3	ARG 9	SPA 5	FRA 8	ITA 6	CAT 8	NED 2	GER 8	IND 7	CZE 6	GBR 5	RSM 4	ARA Ret	JPN 5	AUS 4	MAL 8	VAL 4	5th	187
2015	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 2	AME 2	ARG 2	SPA 9	FRA 3	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 12	GER Ret	IND 9	CZE 6	GBR 3	RSM 8	ARA 5	JPN 5	AUS 13	MAL Ret	VAL 7	7th	162
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 2	ARG 13	AME Ret	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 5	CAT 7	NED Ret	GER 3	AUT 2	CZE Ret	GBR 6	RSM 6	ARA 11	JPN 2	AUS 4	MAL 1	VAL 7	5th	171

References

1. "Dovizioso confirms MotoGP move". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 15 September 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
2. "Official: Dovizioso to Repsol Honda". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
3. "Shock Donington win for Dovizioso". BBC Sport. 26 July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
4. "Andrea Dovizioso takes maiden pole at Japanese MotoGP". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
5. Clifford, Peter (15 May 2011). "Superb Stoner wins in Le Mans". Red Bull. Red Bull GmbH. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
6. Birt, Matthew (15 August 2011). "Andrea Dovizioso thrilled to hold off Marco Simoncelli". Motor Cycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
7. Rostance, Tom (2 October 2011). "Dani Pedrosa claims dramatic MotoGP win in Japan". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
8. "Marco Simoncelli dies after MotoGP crash in Sepang". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
9. Birt, Matthew (8 October 2011). "Andrea Dovizioso shuns Honda for Tech 3 Yamaha". Motor Cycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
10. "Andrea Dovizioso and Ducati together beginning in 2013". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
11. "Dovizioso grabs sensational pole for Ducati". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
12. "Valentino Rossi wins season opener in Qatar". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Andrea Dovizioso on Twitter