Entrevista a Dovizioso

[jovisector]

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Q:
How exactly does the gearbox improve the lap time?

Andrea Dovizioso:
Two things. One is the acceleration. You have faster shifting so it makes a really, really small difference in speed, but more in acceleration. But most important for the feeling of the rider is that when you're shifting on the dry, when you need to shift leaned over, the shifting is softer, faster and smoother. This makes a small difference, because there is electronic shifting and the ignition cuts out for a very small time. This time that the engine cuts out is smaller with the new transmission. The main problem in the past was when you were spinning and you needed to shift. This transmission makes it better. It's good. In some tracks, in some corners, it makes a big difference. For example in Valencia in the last corner you need to shift twice and there you can decide the line and slide a bit easier.

Q:
The transmission is just one of many improvements of the Honda RC212V.

Andrea Dovizioso:
Much of the media spoke about the transmission too much, I think.
I can say two things about that: When I tried that transmission it is something special for the rider, because you never try something big, a big mechanical difference. Because you never try something big, when you feel this you can say, 'Wow, it's so good.' And this is a really good point and Honda did a really good job with it, but it didn't make a big difference in lap time. I mean, very small. I don't believe it makes three, four-tenths a lap. It's not like this. But on the bike everything is important. So if you can improve three or four-tenths with all the improvements, it's really important.

Q:
You and Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa all have very different riding styles.

Andrea Dovizioso:
Yeah, all three riders. I thought, no, but it is like this. Big, big differences everywhere. Braking, lean angle on corner entry, throttle opening, traction control. Everything.

Q:
So when you're developing the motorcycle, who has the most influence?

Andrea Dovizioso:
We'll see next year. About this year it wasn't a problem, because there wasn't much development on the bike, there were improvements, but not development. The bike already was good. We changed a few things and made a small difference and this year we have a really good bike. But already the development is done. I think if you have a good bike with a good balance for all three riders, it's good. After that the teams will arrive at what they need to to follow the style of the riders. The important development is having a good base motorcycle. After that the important thing is the rider with the team and the engineers.

Q:
When Casey joined the team did that change the path of development?

Andrea Dovizioso:
No, nothing. The bike was already done; just he needed to adapt the bike to his style of riding.

Q:
You believe he's the fastest rider in MotoGP?

Andrea Dovizioso:
I think about the speed, yes, but it is not just the speed to win the championship. Because if you speak about the speed he would have ten championships, but it isn't like this.

Q:
You and Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini) are the last of the Italian riders to come to the MotoGP class and there isn't a strong core of Italians in the 125cc class.

It's difficult to answer about this question, because one reason maybe is the small championships in Italy are not so good. I think Spain works very good and we can see a lot of Spanish riders coming stronger and this makes a difference. I think there is a lot of talent in the world, but you need to give the possibility for the riders to show their talent. And maybe in Italy, like many places, it's not the best. And sometimes you need to be lucky to find talented riders.

Q:
Who do you think is the next Italian to come to MotoGP?

Andrea Dovizioso:
I think (Andrea) Iannone can be the next, but at this moment, about the speed, he's so good, really, really good. About the position on the bike, he's good, but still he's not ready to come into MotoGP. I think already everybody saw him ride so fast, maybe the fastest, maybe, in Moto2, but this is not enough, and you can see many riders coming into MotoGP and it ends their career. So it's better if he wins the Moto2 championship or he is more consistent. After that he can arrive with more experience and stronger in MotoGP.
This is so important when you arrive in MotoGP.

Q:
You rode a 250 and you've watched Moto2. Which class do you think better prepares you for MotoGP?

Andrea Dovizioso:
There is no comparison; Moto2 is so bad about that for many reasons. The 250 two-stroke, there's nothing similar to MotoGP, but if you are fast on a 250, you are fast, because it's so difficult to be fast on a 250. So when you arrive with good speed on a 250, it means you did a good job, you can understand many things and you are really precise on the throttle. Sure, you don't have the experience of riding four-strokes, but if you see in the past all the talent came from 250 and from the first year they can fight for the podium and fight for the victory. Many people come from Superbike and it's very similar to MotoGP, but nothing happens. It means if you are fast in 250 there is a reason. In Moto2, no. I never tried the bike, so I can't say exactly, but it looks like there isn't enough power. So it's easy because it's a four-stroke and you have too much engine braking. This makes it slide on the entry and this is the opposite way of riding 250 and MotoGP, completely the opposite way. So you learn a style different from MotoGP and this style makes the talent of the riders close, because this is the limit of the bikes. You can do nothing about that.

Q:
Do you think for the next generation of riders it's going to be more difficult to adapt to MotoGP?

Andrea Dovizioso:
Sure, but after the talent that is in MotoGP now, everyone will come from Moto2, so it's not a problem.

Q:
Are you looking forward to racing the 1000 next year?

Andrea Dovizioso:
Yes, I'm very excited to try, because I think it'll be a nicer bike, not a big difference, because surely you will have more power on the bottom. This is what Honda doesn't have. Just this, Honda doesn't have. I think it will be one of the best bikes in the world.

Q:
If you were put in charge of MotoGP, what would you change?

Andrea Dovizioso:
What I would like to change is the electronics system. It's something very important for the safety, something very important for the street bike, so this is really good. But to have fun riding the bike on the track and to have a battle on the race track, you need to cut the electronic system. Not everything, but more than 50%, because the bike without the electronics system is uncontrollable and when you need to control a difficult bike you're sliding a lot, you're making more mistakes than now, so everybody is closer; it depends, but they can be closer and you're spinning more. Everything is nicer, so this I would like to see happen, but I'm 99% sure it will not happen, but for a good reason.

And what I don't like about the MotoGP world, but not just MotoGP, I think it's the world, is the TV and the media put more attention on funny riders, not on the faster rider.
This I don't like. I don't like it because I'm one of them. I'm normal, and this the media doesn't like. This is funny, because I can't change my character because the media wants this. This is really bad, but it's bad for the result for how many risks you take on the track. You're fighting, fighting, fighting, you are one of the best riders in the world, but if you are not funny, not many people are speaking about you. This I don't like, but this is not just MotoGP. This is the world and this is very bad for the sport.

En resumidas cuentas viene a decir lo siguiente:

- La caja de cambios dice que no les da una gran ventaja en tiempos por vuelta, pero hace que la moto acelere más y hace la vida más comoda al piloto. Dijo que cuando la probo por primera vez noto una gran mejoria.

-Dice que la moto de este año es casi la misma que la del año pasado con evoluciones.

-Considera que tanto él como Pedrosa y Stoner tienen estilos de conducción muy difierentes y para el año que viene se verá que es el que impone la linea de desarrollo.

-Preguntado sobre la crisis de talento del motociclismo italiano, dice que no cree que haya falta de talento sino que no se está trabajando bien desde la base y pone como ejemplo a España

-Preguntado sobre el 250cc 2T vs Moto2 4T, considera que el Moto2 es mucho peor que el 250cc, diciendo que las motos tienen poca chicha y un estilo de conducción muy diferente a las motogp , y las compara un poco a las SBK diciendo que los pilotos que vengan de esta categoria a pesar de tener experiencia con motores de 4T la adaptación va a ser mucho más difícil que viniendo del 250cc. Ya son muchas las voces críticas con esta categoría dentro del mundillo.

- Dice que está ansioso por la llegada de las 1000cc ya que las motos serán más potentes pero piensa que tampoco va a suponer un gran cambio

-Por último es preguntado por las medidas que tomaria si el estuviese al mando de motogp:

    1.- Limitaría la electronica, eliminando más del 50% de la que llevan ahora (para poder divertirse y ver buenas batallas en pista), ya que eliminandola toda las   motos serían incontrolables.

    2.- Dice que se debería modificar los parametros por los cuales la prensa presta atención a los pilotos, ya que el considera que se le presta atención a los pilotos que hacen el indio y que como el es un tío normal a pesar de ser uno de los pilotos más rápidos del mundo nadie le hace ni puñetero caso.  . La verdad es que no le falta razón.

[Guishermo 2t]

Sobre lo último que dices, no sólo como persona, creo que también como piloto es un poco así, siempre está ahí, sin hacer mucho ruido, y por ello se le desprecia bastante, aunque siempre saca resultados... No suele sacar sobresalientes, pero es raro que baje del notable, por decirlo de alguna manera 

[Baxx]

A lo ya dicho por Jovisector, sólo añadir que también habla de que considera a Stoner como el piloto con más velocidad (pura), pero que ganar campeonatos no sólo depende de eso, porque si así fuese Casey ya debería llevar 10 ganados.

[mikemetal29]

Sobre lo último que dices, no sólo como persona, creo que también como piloto es un poco así, siempre está ahí, sin hacer mucho ruido, y por ello se le desprecia bastante, aunque siempre saca resultados... No suele sacar sobresalientes, pero es raro que baje del notable, por decirlo de alguna manera 

Pues lo has definido muy bien con lo de los sobresalientes y notables. El tío (casi) nunca gana, pero (casi) siempre lo hace muy bien. Y a la chita callando va tercero en el mundial... De todos modos, creo que con Pedrosa y Rossi en "circunstancias normales", estaría detrás de ellos. Y también creo que Spies y Simoncelli tienen más talento que él y acabarán superándolo en breve. Pero es un muy bien piloto, trabajador, correcto y encima parece un buen tipo. Me pregunto donde correrá en 2012, porque dudo que siga en el Repsol, ¿no? 

[Mertens]

Pero es un muy bien piloto, trabajador, correcto y encima parece un buen tipo. Me pregunto donde correrá en 2012, porque dudo que siga en el Repsol, ¿no? 

Se hablaba de que los japos tenían preferencia por Sic, pero tal vez no está todo perdido para Andrea. Si efectívamente HRC mantiene esa tercera moto con los colores de repsol y Dovi y Sic siguen en el nivel que están a lo mejor Andrea se lleva el gato al agua.

[chusinawer]

Dovi es muy constante, me recuerda un poco a Hayden el año que gano el mundial, con un par de carambolas incluso podria tener opciones...

Me gusta mucho lo que dice de la electronica,, de hecho no es el primer piloto que dice algo asi, y me imagino que la gran mayoria es algo con lo que estarian conformes. Supongo que se igualarian mas las cosas.

El tema del 250... a alguno se le han cruzado los cables y le ha dado por quitar del mundial los 2T, cuando quitaron las 500 firmaron su sentencia de muerte. Menudo circo... 

[harutachu]

nunca ha sido santo de mi devoción pero Andrea las tres últimas carreras ha estado muy bien, rapidisimo he inteligente como siempre pero mas combativo que de costumbre, ¿le habrá subido la moral ganar tantos mano a mano con Vale?  en cuanto a moto2 os-se pueden meter todo lo que quieran con esa categoría pero por mas que lo hagan yo seguiré disfrutando como un perraco viendo lo que sucede en cada carrera.
Estar habitualmente entre los 8 primeros ahí es ser un superpiloto. 

[CHRSTNNNNN]

Chusinawer, de la electrónica se han quejado todos los pilotos menos Edwards.

[jjninja]

Nunca me gustó Andrea Dovicioso en 125cc ya era el piloto lapa tipo Zarco, siempre pegado a rueda de otro piloto y a la que podía le metía la rueda en la ultima vuelta y  victoria en el bolsillo......

La táctica ha cambiado ligeramente en el 2011 ahora gracias a lo moto que tiene, se mantiene delante y defiende su posición a capa y espada, el otro día se vio claramente que hacia de tapón a Lorenzo que tenia un mayor ritmo, en Silverstone también se defendió muy bien y Lorenzo pago el error por intentar adelantarlo....

A su favor hay que decir que Dovi tiene buena técnica y es un piloto muy regular se cae poco o nada, pero nunca llegará al nivel de Dani o de Stoner en Honda..... si tuviera que apostar por Sic o Dovi, sin duda apostaría por Dovi porque es el perfecto escudero que no da problemas a la estrella del equipo sea Dani o Casey....y si estos 2 fallan Dovi puede subir al podio fácilmente.