Andrea Dovizioso
PERSONAL DETAILS

Name Andrea Dovizioso


Date of birth 23.03.86


Place of birth Forlimpopoli, Italy


Nationality Italian


Residence London, UK


Status Single  



Hobbies: SuperMotard, Motocross, Football, Snowboard


Favourite Riders: Kevin Schwanz, Valentino Rossi


Favourite Bike: “My Honda RS”


Music: House, techno


Favourite car: Porsche 911, Lamborghini Murcielago


Best Actor: Vin Diesel


Best actress: Julia Roberts

For those inclined to join The Fan Clubof Dovi

The Club
Massimo Nicosanti, who is still the president of the association, founded Andrea Dovizioso’s Fan Club in 2001. Andrea was then racing the 125cc European Championship, which he won riding an Aprilia 125cc, and some of his friends along with Massimo decided to found the club during the Hungarian round. Andrea was very happy about it and he enjoyed helping them with the fan club, which is growing bigger and bigger. In 2002, Dovizioso stepped up to the MotoGP World Championship and so the fan club has organized many different events around the grands prix, such as during the Italian GP at Mugello.
The meeting point of Andrea’s fans is for sure the Casanova-Savelli turn and every year he goes up to the hill to for the traditional fan club dinner organized during the race weekend. Another important appointment is the Czech Republic GP which takes place in August. For the 2007 season, there will be interesting projects during the Sachsenring race (July 15th) and the Misano race (September 2nd).

During the course of the year, the Fan Club will organize many parties where it will be possible for the fans to meet Andrea and have fun.

The Dovi Official Fanclub is located at Santa Maria Nuova di  Bertinoro (Forlì) via M. Buonarroti 37, Italy.

If you want to subscribe to the Andrea Dovizioso Official Fan Club, you can make a bank transfer of Euro 30.00 + 8.00 delivery charge and send a fax to +39 0543 441055 with the bank transfer receipt and your personal details (name, surname, date of birth, address, telephone number and e-mail). The Fan Club will send the Fan Club card, T-shirt, Cap, pins, key ring and stickers Dovi 34, only after having received the fax.  

NB: Please remember to write clearly your name, surname, date of birth, address, telephone number, e-mail address and sizes in the bank transfer and in the fax.

For more info, please send a mail to info@doviofficialfanclub.com .

The president
Massimo Nicosanti

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Debut day for JiR Team Scot’s ‘Silver Arrow’ in Jerez published: 16-02-2008



Today marked the dramatic debut of the new 2008 silver livery on the JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V.
Andrea Dovizioso took his 2008 800cc MotoGP machine out for the first time today in its new livery at the 2.748-mile Jerez circuit. After many paddock rumours and much interest, JiR Team Scot revealed ‘the jewel of HRC’ resplendent with its striking monochromatic graphics, finally showing to the world what the bike will look like this season.
Today was first of three days of testing dedicated to the set up of the technical package, including a number of 2008-specification upgrades. For the whole day Andrea Dovizioso and the team worked on their busy schedule always running his RC212V in race configuration and with race tyres.

Cirano Mularoni –JiR Team Scot Team manager
“This first day has been a new horizon for us. The new silver livery is personal to us all and elegant and it shows to everyone that we’re doing something very different this year. We also have on the bike the new engine for our technical upgrade and the results are just what we expected. Obviously we’re comparing information today from our previous tests including the one here in November, so everyone in the team has really appreciated the step forward that we are making here. This is just the beginning as the workload and schedule will become even more intense over the next few days.”

Andrea Dovizioso – Rider, JiR Team Scot MotoGP
HONDA RC212V
Time 10th: 1’40”767
“I’ve never had a good feeling with the Jerez circuit, but riding this RC212V I was almost immediately in a position to ride very fast and have a lot of fun. We didn’t want to run qualifying tyres, but instead we decided to concentrate on the setting to find a good balance between the new technical items we have now. I’m very satisfied with the engine – it’s more powerful than the previous one for sure. We are also working on different tyre solutions with Michelin to allow me to be both fast and consistent. We have been trying different profiles and both the 16 and 16.5-inch rim sizes. We have been improving, even if we have some small problems and we’re quite close to the lap times you usually do here in Jerez in race trim, so that is very positive.”

Pietro Caprara – Crew chief JiR Team Scot MotoGP
“Today is a new beginning and our evaluation of the whole day’s work ended with Andrea doing a very good lap time. The team has now worked with the new engine and this obviously has now given us a new direction in which to work in. We now have to fine-tune the whole package. A big part of the work has been done in the garage, where we spent time, sharing a lot of data with both the Showa and Michelin technicians. We were probably on track less than we should have been, but results so far have shown that the cautious methods we’re using are the right ones to reach the target.”

DOVI HAPPY WITH THIRD POSITION ON FINAL DAY AT JEREZ

Rain once again disturbed today’s final day of testing at the official IRTA tests at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain. In the afternoon the sunshine finally dried out the 2.748-mile track and the JiR Team Scot squad was once more hard at work researching improved settings for their Honda RCV212V machine. Despite only a few hours of quality track-time available, the circuit was in good condition, but with some high winds affecting some riders in a number of corners. Today Andrea Dovizioso focussed his attention on qualifying tyres, setting the third fastest time overall.

Andrea Dovizioso #4 – Rider, JiR Team Scot MotoGP: Best time: 3rd - 1’ 39”313”
“Despite this morning with the bad weather we concentrated our attention this afternoon on qualifying tyres, which Michelin gave us in quantity and in different types. After finding the right settings we went out for a few runs, which confirmed to us the good performance of these tyres on my 800cc Honda and now I can grow in confidence with the MotoGP bike on qualifying tyres, which we didn’t use in the 250cc class. The team worked very well together and I think we’re now in position to do even better at the final test.”

Test Jerez MotoGP – Day three
1st Nicky Hayden Honda 1’38”848
2nd Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1’39”252
3rd Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1’39”313
4th Randy d Puniet Honda 1’39”351
5th Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1’39”568

Well looky there Dovi in front of KC!!!

MotoGP 2008 - Round One - Qatar

HRC Preview

The months of hard off-season work and the ceaseless rounds of testing are now over. The real business of Grand Prix racing begins, and this time the opening race will be held under 5.4 million watts of floodlighting – the first ever night-time Grand Prix.

And it’s Honda star Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V) who will be emerging from the dark days of injury to get his third season of MotoGP underway. Dani injured his right hand testing at Sepang in Malaysia. The injury is still not totally healed, but durable Dani is fit enough to be in contention when qualifying begins here on Friday.

He will emerge from pitlane with his erstwhile team-mate Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V) from the same garage they have shared for the past two seasons. The duo will once again be making firm challenges for the biggest prize in motorcycle sport.

The Honda factory has elected to start this Grand Prix with the conventional valve spring version of its potent 800cc V4 power unit. Meanwhile development work aimed at making the power delivery of the engine with pneumatically-operated valves more rider-friendly continues apace.

Hayden has been well on the pace during testing, topping the timesheets at Sepang in late January and again at Jerez in Spain last month. The American former World Champion has a big season ahead of him after struggling in the first half of 2007 before emerging late season as a rostrum force once more.

He shows all the signs of a man who feels he has it all to prove again in 2008 after lifting the MotoGP title in 2006. His rivals know that this level of intent from a rider with the Kentucky Kid’s aggression and pace signals racing of the highest intensity to come over 18 rounds in eight months.

Honda’s new draft of premier class riders are also showing they can cut it at the highest level. Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda RC212V) has been flying in testing and the former Kawasaki rider has taken to the Honda well, posting the third quickest time in floodlit testing here at Losail.

Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Scot Honda RC212V) has moved up from the 250cc class as runner-up overall in both 2006 and 2007, and the Italian ace has quickly adapted to the physical demands of grappling with bigger, more powerful machinery. Sixth fastest at the end of last weekend’s test session, he feels confident – and ‘Dovi’ has never been a rider to talk up his chances without backing them up on track.

The San Carlo Honda Gresini Team riders Alex de Angelis (another top pick from the 250cc class) and the hugely experienced Shinya Nakano have both been riding on the limit in the run-up to this race. Both men crashed here in testing. But the San Marinese 250cc graduate and the Japanese master will both be fit enough to race despite more than a few bruises.

The Losail International circuit lies ten kilometres from Qatar’s capital of Doha and the 5.38km track is now a known quantity for most riders across the classes. Built in 2004, it features more turns than any other track on the calendar, six lefts and ten right-handers in all.
Nor is there a chicane of any descrïption. This puts a high premium on machine agility and it also brings tyre wear issues into sharp focus.

Artificial grass placed along the track to allay riders’ fears of sand being blown onto the surface is only partially successful. Under windy conditions this worsens and with the added unknown of racing at night, all riders are approaching this race with a certain amount of caution.

The 1068m straight, 20m longer even than that of Catalunya, is approached at relatively slow speed, making brisk acceleration through the gears vital. Power and top speed are among the primary requirements – and also stable braking at the end of that 320km/h blast flat out in top gear.

Corner speed and machine agility are also at a premium and with a much cooler track temperature at night, tyre choice will be critical in terms of finding rubber that can cope with a track surface varying in temperature and thus grip as it drops from its usual 45-degree daytime level in the cool night air.

Dani Pedrosa, who finished third here in 2007, said: “This certainly isn’t my favourite circuit. Most of the time it’s quite windy at Losail, which blows sand from around the circuit on to the track, making it dirty. The tarmac itself is grippy but when it’s dusty there’s not much grip. And it’s always dusty off the racing line, so if you get offline you lose a lot of time because you have to be very careful not to fall. Fortunately it’s not bumpy and the safety is good. Technically, this circuit requires very precise bike set-up, with good agility and good straight-line speed; these two factors are very important at Losail. Riding at night here is a new experience, but for my liking there is too much humidity as night falls, and you really notice it on the track.”

His Repsol Honda team-mate Nicky Hayden said: “I’m just really happy to be going racing again because that’s what it’s all about. Qatar is going to be an interesting weekend running at night. The actual track is really good – except you don't have 100,000 people going wild for their favourite rider and it’s just missing that bit of history. I think running it at night is going to make a difference to that. It’s going to be real interesting how the tyres work at night. I think it's gonna be cool and I’m really looking forward to it because I enjoyed riding at night in the tests. I’ve spent a lot of time under lights doing dirt track at home, but until the tests here, the only time I’d ridden a roadracer in the dark was practising for the Suzuka Eight Hours in 2003 and that was really cool.”

LCR Honda man Randy De Puniet said: “The winter tests have been very productive for me and the whole team. The Honda/Michelin package is working well and my results were quite positive – especially my pace on race tyres. I’m looking forward to racing in Qatar because I prefer these new conditions when the temperature is cooler and I don’t have any special problems with the shadows on the track. We found a good base set-up and didn’t change many things during the last test session so we focused on tyre testing with good results. I feel confident for the first race of the season and it’ll be a great show with the new lightning system.”

JiR Team Scot Honda runner Andrea Dovizioso said: “If I look to the results of the winter tests I’m very confident about this weekend’s race in Qatar. I didn’t expect to find myself with such a good feeling on the bike, nor to be able to achieve the results I have in the tests. The team works very well together and our technical package is competitive. If we need to fine-tune the aspects of the machine we’ve shown our capability to do so is very high. I think our tests have shown our real value on track and this is why I think we can look forward this weekend to be up there battling with the top riders. I'm excited to be starting this World Championship and for this first race in the dark I have to say we are ready.”

Alex de Angelis said: “I’m happy with the race pace we found in the opening part of this final test session. The only problem is that from 10 o’clock onwards it starts to get really cold and humid. The track conditions change a lot and I crashed. Luckily I wasn’t badly hurt – I’ve got some pain in my right forearm but generally I’m OK. I’m optimistic for the race although we’ll have to pay attention over the first few laps because it takes a while for the tyres to get up to the right temperature.”

His San Carlo Honda Gresini team-mate Shinya Nakano said: “I’ve worked a lot on refining my settings for the race. We had a good base setting until the conditions changed and when I tried to push a little harder to improve the lap time I crashed on the humid track. That interrupted the race simulation we were carrying out and actually made for an early end to the session. I didn’t pick up any serious injuries and a few days’ rest will be enough to prepare for the race.”

In the 250cc class Yuki Takahashi (JiR Team Scot Honda RS250RW) takes the Honda factory fight to the Aprilia and KTM hordes along with the rapidly improving Ratthapark Wilairot (Stop And Go Racing Honda RS250RW) in his second full season of Grands Prix.

Takahashi said: “For the first race there are a lot of questions to be answered. Many of my former rivals are now in MotoGP and some 125cc riders have joined the 250 class, so it’s difficult to say who will be fast and who can lead races. Also we’re going to race at night and this is a situation completely new to everybody. Despite testing in these conditions the race will probably be a little unpredictable. I will be giving 100% so I can start in the best condition possible to back up the excellent job the team has done so far.”

Wilairot said: “The race simulation was very positive. I have a good feeling with the RSW and I’m getting used to the track. I believe we’re headed in the right direction and we have to keep working like that. This test was very important to get ready for the first race of the season and also in a night condition, as I’ve never experienced that before.”

Honda’s sole representative in the 125cc class is French rookie Louis Rossi riding for the FFM Honda outfit on a Honda RS125R. The 18-year-old from Le Mans in France will have a tough baptism on an unfamiliar track under floodlights, but he’s keen to take up the challenge.

Rossi said: “This will be tough, but the team is experienced and will help me get to grips with the work I need to do to be as competitive as possible here. I’m here to learn but I’m a racer and I’ll be fighting for every 100th of a second in qualifying and every place in the race.”

THis has me atad worried for Dovi  

08 Mar 2008
SUPERSTITION



THE DEADLY NUMBER FOUR!

Superstition centred on the number 13 is limited mainly to Europe and mainland North America, whereas according to Wikipedia, in China, Korea, Hawaii and some parts of the Japan it is the number four that has a reputation for being unlucky.

Use of the number four is minimised in these countries, because the Chinese word for four, sì, sounds almost identical to the word for death sǐ （死）.

Mobile telephone numbers with four in them sell for less and some buildings even skip level four, labelling it the fifth floor instead.

One of the Japanese words for four, shi, is also homonymous with the kanji in the word for death, shi or shin. (However, there is another word for four in Japan that does not sound like death: yon).

In Korea, number four is pronounced as sa (사 四) and is homonymous with 'death (사 死)'. Some, but not all, Korean buildings have the fourth floor written as 'F' floor.

WOW !!

He came fourth !

spooky mulder !

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tassiedevil wrote : WOW !! He came fourth ! spooky mulder !

Scary isn't it???

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grizelda wrote : Maree Maree are you alright or are you still on the floor after he passed Vale.             I wish Dovi could have won instead of dumbo.

I near shit when Dovi tried that first pass on Vale  

But he got it right and didn't "hurt" Vale so its all ok. But in saying that I do wish Vale had won and Dovi had finished behind him..

Rough translation of how Dovi felt after the race and beating Valentino!!


Andrea:  "L' I surpassed in the just point"

Andrea Dovizioso detained to difficulty the tears: l' emotion of end the competition of the debut in MotoGP to the feet of the podium, beating in flight a certain Red Valentino, was strong.  

If they had said you, to the eve of the competition of your debut in MotoGP, that saresti arrived fourth beating Red Valentino, how you would have reacted?  

"I would have laughed in face to who it said myself it… I Knew that we could do well, our step in the tests it was enough voucher, we say the fourth best in absolute.  Certainty however that to fight with Valentino and to beat the is a different thing… he is always a lot strong and shining in the fights: was hard, but I experienced us and went well.  It was exciting".  

The decisive overtaking was incredible…

"He was strong in detached, therefore I knew that I could not have surpassed it in restrained.  When l' I surpassed the first time, and he has myself risuperato, already I had understood that would have experienced to return me in front in that I push and I knew that should have restrained strong and likely would have arrived a little' wide.  To that I push I restrained a little' of more, I have thrown inside, and to that I push he did not be able to open the gas where l' I have open I because is gone out a little' wider".  

It does it surprised you of more?  Second Lorenzo, you fourth or sixth Toseland?  

"The second place of Lorenzo".  

http://www.4shared.com/file/40378752/b2868932/doviaviff.html

Dovizioso plays down works ride rumours

autosport.com - MotoGP News: Dovizioso plays down works ride rumours

Andrea Dovizioso's manager has played down rumours in the Italian press that the JiR Team Scot rookie is line to replace former world champion Nicky Hayden in the factory Repsol Honda squad in 2009. Doviziozo, a former 250cc race winner, impressed on his debut in the senior class, finishing fourth after coming out on top in a wheel-to-wheel dice with his hero Valentino Rossi at Qatar.
A loyal Honda man since he made his 125cc world championship debut in 2002, the Italian is seen as a rising star among the ranks of the Japanese manufacturer's rider roster. And speculation is growing that Honda is keen to support him with a works ride in 2009 as reward for his rides on uncompetitive Honda 250cc machinery over recent seasons, should Hayden choose to leave HRC.
Doviziozo's manager Simone Batistella told autosport.com that he had not been approached however and that there was no substance to the rumours.
"Nothing has been discussed at all," said Batiztella. "We haven't spoken to anyone about anything. Everything is as it was before the season started. We are just concentrating on every race doing the best that we can."
Hayden's current two-year contract with HRC runs out at the end of 2008.

Happy Birthday to Dovi!!!!    

22 today!!

Another great ride by Dovi   ...6th isn't too bad..