Andrea Dovizioso says that taking a first win in MotoGP since 2009 would mean little if his Ducati machinery is not competitive enough to regularly fight at the front. The Italian led for much of the way in a wet-dry Sachsenring race earlier this month, but lost a chance of securing a first victory for seven years by leaving his bike change too late on a drying track. It follows lost chances of victory in Assen, where Dovizioso fell while battling Valentino Rossi for the lead, and the season opener in Qatar, where he lost out to Jorge Lorenzo. But, despite having now gone 160 races winless since his sole 2009 Donington Park triumph, Dovizioso insists he is “relaxed” – and that his...
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