After the two races in the Czech Republic and Austria, MotoGP moves across the Channel for the third event in August, this time on the fast and challenging Silverstone circuit. Following a splendid win for Andrea Dovizioso the Italian rider now finds himself in the UK for the twelfth round of the 2017 championship.
Dovizioso has been on the podium three times at Silverstone, thanks to two second places in 2010 and 2011 and a third place in 2015, but last year the Italian rider had to settle for sixth overall due to increasing stiffness in his right forearm, which prevented him from pushing hard.
Dovi completed a day's testing at Misano Adriatico on Tuesday in preparation for the San Marino and Riviera di Rimini GP, scheduled for mid-September at the Riviera circuit. He notched up a lot of laps (102) on a hot sunny day, and set some positive times on his Desmosedici GP machine.
“After the win in Austria I'm really happy to get back on track at Silverstone,” he said. “The British circuit is beautiful, but for sure the weekend will be very challenging due to the always changeable weather conditions, and also because the track is full of bumps that make everything more difficult. The test at Misano was very important because we were able to do some work that will be useful both for Silverstone and for the San Marino GP in a couple of weeks' time.”
The Silverstone weekend gets underway on Friday morning with the first free practice session at 9.55 am (UK time, 10.55 CET), while the 20-lap race is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 3.30 pm (16.30 CET).
