The Ducati Team’s Italian rider will start the German Grand Prix from the third row of the grid after today’s qualifying session at the Sachsenring, were he was seventh quickest with a time of 1’21.858.
In this morning’s FP3 session, Dovizioso was ninth quickest and this meant that he went straight through into the all-important Q2 qualifying session in the afternoon.
The final free practice session then saw Dovi finish in fifth place and then went out for the decisive qualifying run-off for the first four rows of the grid, setting the seventh-quickest time on the final lap of his second run.
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 1’21.’858 (7th)
“I am pleased because we are again working well this weekend and we have managed to improve in every session. In FP4 our pace wasn’t bad at all and with used tyres we are not far from the frontrunners, but unfortunately in qualifying I was not able to make a perfect lap. Tomorrow the weather conditions will probably change again and the cooler temperature could help us, so we’ll see what will happen in the race.”