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Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso admits his strategy of deliberately losing time at two bends during the MotoGP Grand Prix of Germany in order to save his tires.
Dovizioso was seventh after the departure of Sachsenring and never ran higher. than fifth. Having planned to save the back tire would be crucial for his hopes after qualifying, the Italian said that he was trying to keep his tires in two fast corners.
But as the race entered its final stages, its efforts were trying to make up for lost time. He lost his time and he had to settle for seventh place.
"I was too slow in two turns, because we decided not to use power to save the tires," says Dovizioso. I think it's positive for us, we [could] save the tire more than our competitors, because everyone would turn [plus][19459008quemoi-etpeut-êtreàlafinj'enauraisplus[life]. I had to use too much energy to gain on other points to stay at the same pace as the first group. "I thought it was the right strategy, but in the end I lost energy and I could not roll in. In the end, I could not stay with the same intensity and I lost more.
e is not in the perfect position on the bike and you have to manage a very low [amount of] hold, front and rear, it is
"But that's the consequence, that's not the problem."
Dovizioso said that he thought he would end up higher than the seventh, but he finished fourth in Ducati behind Danilo Petrucci, Alvaro Bautista and Jorge Lorenzo
"I was expecting more, because you have to wait for more," he said. [19659002] "But at Sachsenring, it's impossible to know before the race what we can do."
"We were trying to save the tire and I was losing a lot. I was able to stay with them, but in the end I lost energy and I could not ride a perfect bike.
"When you can not ride a bike properly, you lose more than you can lose from the fall of the tire."
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