Departing Ducati MotoGP pilot Andrea Dovizioso says his impending exit from the Italian manufacturer “was difficult, but not that much” following recent friction between the two parties. Dovizioso has competed with Ducati in the premier class since leaving Tech 3 at the conclusion of the 2012 campaign, helping Ducati to develop the Desmosedici back into a race winner following several barren years after the exit of ’07 MotoGP champion Casey Stoner at the end of ’10. While not being the first to break Ducati’s winless streak-that accolade going to Andrea Iannone at the Austrian Grand Prix in '16-he has claimed 14 victories in red since ’16, while also becoming the closest man to...
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