Mandalika MotoGP Test: Dovizioso: 'I’m taking it day-by-day'

Andrea Dovizioso remains unsure as to when he will fully adapt to the 2022 M1🌳 Yamaha 💜after finishing day two of Mandalika MotoGP testing 19th.
Although the Indonesian test has so far b🌞een a step in the right direction compared to that of Sepang, the former Ducati rider is yet to find the best from his M1🦩 machine.
With race wins and a championship challenge being the primary goa🎶l for Dovizioso in 2022, the Italian can therefore ill-afford to start the sea🎀son slowly.
Asked when he expects to be ready for the season, or in other words gel with his current RNF Yamaha, Dovizioso said: "When I will be ready… next question [laughs]. I would like to know the answer. The importantꦜ thing is to arrive ready.
"I’m taking it day-by-day because today 🐓I’m pretty happy as we did a step with the bike and my feeling improved. I was more consistent and a bit faster on the pace.
"I had a good feeling when I did the lap time. I did the lap not really at the end🧸 and I think the track improved a little bit. In any case everybody is so fast, it’s so tight and it’s very difficult to be on top."
Dovizioso, who suffered a crash early on in the day, also al🐟luded to wanting a better feeling dur🏅ing the final day, which will be crucial as it’s the final day of pre-season testing.
The 35 year-old added🔥: "When we started again after the crash in the morning we made improvements and this is something very important.
"We worked a little bit on the bike and it’s nice to feel the♓ impꦺrovement. Let’s see tomorrow if we can continue to get a better feeling."
As has been the case thr🅰oughout testing thus far, reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo was the quickest Yamaha rider - nearly three tenths𝔉 between him and team-mate Franco Morbidelli.
Quartararo alsܫo had the best race pace over a 15 lap simulation, which Doviozoso was asked about. However, given tyre life and tyres themselves potentially being different across teams/riders, the former 125cc world champion said it’s difficult to compare who’s faster or not in ღtesting.
🧸Dovizioso a🅺dded: "Yes his pace was really good, but the quantity of tyres is not that much and everybody… depends what they want to try.
"You have to take a decision on the right tyre that you wan🌜t to use for the lap time to compare the material or simulation and everybody does a different thing.
"You can’t really compare them exactly with the༺ same temperature, with the same tyres or the same laps. The test is not that clear but I saw him today and he was very consistent aꦕnd fast.
"But also I was better in th𒉰e afternoon so I’m feeling a bit better in both areas - speed wise and especially in the afternoon with the pace."