Andrea Dovizioso says his “very bad” crash at Turn 5 on lap nine of the MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix was the result of a faster exit than previously from Turn 4. The Ducati rider was chasing eventual race winner and team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and second-placed Marc Marquez in the early stages of the Catalunya race when he went down at Turn 5. Dovizioso says he had to brake harder having exited Turn 4 faster, and the angle he was at meant he lost the front end. After three crashes in the last four races, Dovizioso is now 49 points adrift of standings leader Marquez, and admits he is 'not fast enough' to match the speed of rejuvenated stablemate Lorenzo. “I arrive in that...
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