During the private MotoGP test at Misano, Du🐈cati Corse general manager Gigi Dall’Igna gave an update on the protracted 2021 contract negotiations with star 🦄rider Andrea Dovizioso.
But first, askedܫ Dall’Igna about rumours Jorge Lorenzo has made contact with his former team about a possible comeback.
"It is difficult to have a clear ide𝔍a, surely it is understandable that a rider with Jorge's statistic🎐s intends to finish his career in a better way than he concluded last year," Dall’Igna replied. "Having said this, it is certainly difficult to understand his real motivations."
Dall’Igna played down the suggestion that Lorenzo could be next-in-line for the factory Ducati ride if an agreement cannot be reached with Dovizioso. However, he did admit talks with the triple MotoGP title ﷽runner-up are 'in a stalemate':
"It is absolutel𒁃y premature to make such an argument [about Lorenzo],🍌 certainly the negotiation with Dovizioso started a long time ago and is in a stalemate, so we will see."
Dall’Igna added that th♐e fi✃nancial side "is the main stumbling block" to a new Dovizioso deal.
Dovizioso and team-mate Danilo Petrucci - expected toꦛ join KTM afꦕter making way for Jack Miller next season - are unable to ride this week due to the MotoGP testing rules.
However, Dall’Igna is overseeing the work of the factory's MotoGP test rider Michele Pirro and the official WorldSBK team of Scot🌼t Redding and Chaz Davies at Misano this week.
Revised 2020 MotoGP Calendar (including free weekends) | |||||||||
Round | Date | Race | Circuit | ||||||
| 15 July | Official Test | Jerez | ||||||
1 | 19 July | Spain | Jerez | ||||||
2 | 26 July | Andalusia | Jerez | ||||||
| 2 August |
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3 | 9 August | Czech Republic | Brno | ||||||
4 | 16 August | Austria | Red Bull Ring | ||||||
5 | 23 August | Styria | Red Bull Ring | ||||||
30 August | |||||||||
6 September | |||||||||
6 | 13 September | San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini | Misano | ||||||
7 | 20 September | Emilia Romagna e Della Riviera di Rimini | Misano | ||||||
8 | 27 September | Catalunya | Barcelona | ||||||
4 October | |||||||||
9 | 11 October | France | Le Mans | ||||||
10 | 18 October | Aragon | Aragon | ||||||
11 | 25 October | Teruel | Aragon | ||||||
1 November | |||||||||
12 | 8 November | Europe | Ricardo Tormo | ||||||
13 | 15 November | Comunitat Valenciana | Ricardo Tormo (Final European race) | ||||||
22 November | |||||||||
29 November | |||||||||
| 6 December |
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| 13 December |
| Deadline for any Flyaway races. | ||||||
MotoGP 2020: List of 'To Be Confirmed' events | |||||||||
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| Thailand | Buriram | ||||||
2 |
| Malaysia | Sepang | ||||||
3 |
| Americas | COTA | ||||||
4 | 22 November | Argentina | Termas de Rio Hondo | ||||||
MotoGP 2020: List of Cancelled events | |||||||||
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| Qatar (MotoGP class) | Losail | ||||||
2 |
| Italy | Mugello | ||||||
3 |
| Germany | Sachsenring | ||||||
4 |
| Netherlands | Assen | ||||||
5 |
| Finland | KymiRing | ||||||
6 |
| Great Britain | Silverstone | ||||||
7 |
| Japan | Motegi | ||||||
8 |
| Australia | Phillip Island |