MotoGP 2022, will Andrea Dovizioso be back?

After a long, fruitful but less than easy eight-year relationship with Ducati, Andrea Dovizioso opted to take a sabbatical last year, in the hope of receiving a good offer with which to return to MotoGP next year. The world championship began its summer break with a market bombshell, or rather the Maverick Vinales-Yamaha split, which now opens up new possibilities for the Italian.

Yamaha vs. Aprilia

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With this split, and Valentino Rossi’s imminent decision about his future, the Iwata manufacturer is in the middle of a market cyclone, and the Italian may well be interested in a seat. Either on the factory team or the Petronas team.

That’s if he can't come to an agreement with Aprilia, with whom he’s completed three tests and has a fourth in the planning. The two parties are working together, have got to know each other and definitely have more of an idea than they did – could this make for an all-Italian marriage? Or might they decide to continue to work on the fringes of the championship, with Dovizioso as test rider?

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Road block

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What is certain is the Dovizioso and KTM are not about to cross paths, something that director Pit Beirer confirmed while talking to Speedweek: “He remains a friend, but we won’t negotiate with him”. So the only concrete options for the three-time runner-up lie with Yamaha and Aprilia. Unless there are any further shake-ups ahead of next season.

Translated by Heather Watson

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