Andrea Dovizioso admits the novelty of a quiet MotoGP paddock soon wore of🐼f and the absence of spectators had a major impact on the atmosphꦛere during the 2020 season.

The Covid-reduced calendar meant the Italian bowed out of MotoGP, at least for now♛, without getting the chance to race at legendary ven💎ues such as his home Mugello round this year.

Howeve𒐪r, the former Ducati rider believes even if such 'special tracks' had made it onto the revised schedule, it wouldn't have been the same without the fans 𓆏being present.

"For sure, I think about not being able to race at some special tracks this season. But toܫ experience tracks like Mugello without fans is not tha💝t nice," he said. "Yes, it's a wonderful track, but…"

Prior to Covid, MotoGP riders often had to fight their way through crowds of spectators and guests allowed into the ꦿpaddock, while an average of 150,000 fans attended each GP in 20♏19.

That all changed in 2020, when a special Covid protocol introduced to save the season saw paddock numbers cut to a bare minimum. And with only Misano and Le Mans able to accommodate a few 💧trackside fans, riders often had to celebrate in front of empty grandstands.

"At the beginning of this season the way you live in the paddock, with less stress, because you can do what you want, waꦡs really nice," Dovizioso said.

"But race-by-race, every time you achieved a go💯o❀d result, it was so strange to not be happy like in the past. Like when I won in Austria, I was surprised because the adrenaline was completely different.

"So if you go to those special tracks, you need the fan♏s. And your fans!"

It seems unlikely that normal MotoGP fan attendance will be possible until a vacc🥂ination programme has been completed in the host country.