DESMO DOVI DOES IT AGAIN…
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After Andrea Dovizioso crossed the finish line at Silverstone to take victory, he became (at time of writing) the only man to win four races in 2017, and the only man to double up on back-to-back victories, too. First it was Mugello followed by Catalunya, now it’s Austria followed by Great Britain – and the lead in the 2017 MotoGP points table, to boot.
It’s been a remarkable turnaround for Dovi, given that it took him five years to win again (Sepang last year) from his first ever MotoGP victory at Donington in 2011 on the Repsol Honda, both of which were races held under inclement skies. And so on to 2017, his fifth year riding the Ducati and now not only are the wins flooding in, but he’s unexpectedly found himself in a title fight. Just how and why this turns of events has occurred, is down to a plethora of reasons, but one big one in particular – the switch to Michelin tyres.