Scarperia – Since I met him, I immediately considered him a legend. One out of the ordinary. A tough one. A “true” one. One with a huge personality.
Andrea Dovizioso has become a character while doing everything not to be. But his personality is so strong that it goes beyond shyness, the desire to only be a pilot, which is what he does best. Actually no, because Dovizioso knows how to do a lot of things very well.
I have always admired his determination on and off the track, his ability to face and resolve even important family problems, his lucidity in managing delicate situations that could have led him off the road, distracted him from the main objective, which for a driver is only to win .
“In my career i took a clatter of blows, but I managed not to sink and even created the possibility of fighting for the title in MotoGP. Although he has taken pay many times – and mentally it is devastating – I have always remained at a high level: this gives me great satisfaction” he said today after being crowned a legend.
The example in Ducati, the manufacturer that Dovizioso has contributed to making great in a decisive way and which has made him great, is exemplary of how much Andrea is a legend in this respect. Almost always questioned, placed in the background since the arrival of Jorge Lorenzo, considered inferior to Andrea Iannone, Dovi has bet on himself, accepted a role and a salary as a supporting actor and has begun to win, to exalt and exalt himself in often winning confrontations with the strongest of all that period, the best Marc Marquez ever.
He annihilated Lorenzo, overcoming the skepticism of many, was stronger than internal tensions which over the years have become unbearable, he managed to best mix the rationality of the white horse and the madness of the black one, always too harnessed in Dovizioso’s soul. He missed out on the title, which he should have won in 2020, when Marquez was out due to injury. What a pity.
But the substance doesn’t change: someone like this has done so much for this sport, he has given emotions, loyalty, he has never hidden behind an excuse. Despite all this, I’m telling the truth, I had some doubts on the fact that even for the whole world, not just for me, Andrea Dovizioso was a legend, it was right to include him alongside a series of champions who give goosebumps only to name them. “I had some doubts too, but since I stopped I realized I had left a mark. Usually, when you stop running, people forget about you, but the certificates of esteem for me have increased” underlines Andrea. That’s right, today more than yesterday we understand what Dovizioso did. A legend. Rightly so.
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