🗣 'After 20 years it’s always tough to take this type of decision' Andrea Dovizioso opens up over the real reasons that he's retiring from MotoGP after his home race at Misano next month 👇
The 15-time MotoGP race winner has struggled immensely since switching to Yamaha late last year following a brief sabbatical at the end of his Ducati tenure at the conclusion of the 2020 campaign.
“I was relaxed to speak with them about my situation. It was a tough decision because after 20 years it’s always tough to take this type of decision. But it’s OK, I’m relaxed and it’s the moment to take the decision. “I had that feeling to take this decision and with that feeling I started to think Misano would be the right race, the final race, my last home race to do and finish with a party, with big smiles from everybody, with my friends and all the fans.”Dovizioso’s MotoGP career began in 2002 in the 125cc class, in which he was world champion in 2004 before stepping up to 250s in 2005 and MotoGP in 2008 with Honda.
“Well, from the beginning when I jumped onto the bike, at the beginning you feel exactly the base of the bike,” he added. “And straight away I was a bit surprised about the grip. I always say that.
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