Andrea Dovizioso has conceded a more harmonious spirit inside the Ducati garage will not be enough to fight for the MotoGP world title, but is sure new team-mate Danilo Petrucci’s arrival 👍to the official team has contr🔯ibuted to a “better feeling.”

The two-time premier class runner up has repeatedly expressed a belief that a number of small factors contribute to success over an exhaustive 19-race slog. Ducati has taken note, with the team’s glitzy presentation in Sw🍎itzerland a chance for the Bologna manufacturer to underline its new rider dynamic.

Dovizioso will be the clear team leader in 2019, with General Manager Gigi Dall’Igna explaining Petrucci will assist with “synergy in developmen😼t of the bike, and of bike set-up during a race weekend.”

And Dovizioso appears to have welcomed his new team-mate into the fold with open arms. Keen to avoid the open bickering that characterised his relationship with Jorge Lorenzo througho💝ut 2018, the 32-year old Italian has offered the services of his sports psychologist, Amedeo Maffei, to Petrucci.

The twelve-time MotoGP race winner believes a united garagജe can be beneficial for both him and Petrucci in the year ahead.

“It's not about pressure, it's about having a better feeling in everything you have to do,” said Dovizioso. “When you have a good relationship, it's easier to do everyꦰthing. But that is not the point to really fight for the championship, but when you are at the maximum level, everything is important.

“I'm happy in the situation we are in now🎃. I think Danilo is completely open to try to work together. I don't know what we can really make better, because until you are there, you can never know.

“But the feeling is good, I think Danilo has more potential than ever😼ybody thinks. But to show the real potential is difficult. So you have to work in a lot of details and learn how ไto improve.

Petrucci explained how he has moved to Forli, Dovizioso’s hometown, so the pair can train together away from th🐻e track. The younger of the two also said𒀰, “staying with him at home is important for me because I can pick some secrets around and it's useful for me at this moment.”

On Petrucci’s move, Dovizioso added, “With Danilo, I did just one training, so we didn't train together during the winter. We created a different situation. I think he will live close to my city𓆏 of Forli.

“We will train a lot together on the bike, all the sports we can do apart from the real training in the gym. He is able to work on some other stuff like m🔯e, and I thinꦆk that can help him a lot in his situation now.

“Because he is so fast, alr💯eady in the last two years he showed a lot of speed, but he had to learn in some other parts, and I think we can make some really good work together, but we'll see.”