Ducati team boss Gigi Dall’Igna has backed Andrea Dovizioso to recover from an “embarrassing” race last weekend at Phillip Island. While teammate Andrea Iannone took an impressive third place in Australia after battling at the front as part of a sensational four-way scrap for victory, Dovizioso struggled to a dismal 13th place finish, his worst of the year. Dovizioso was at a loss to explain why he was so uncompetitive in comparison to Iannone, describing his own performance as “embarrassing”. But Dall’Igna believes that it was a simple case of the Phillip Island track not suiting Dovizioso’s style well, and has backed his rider to bounce back this weekend at Sepang, where a...
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