Dovizioso held second for almost all of the Termas de Rio Hondo race, however needed to concede that place to Rossi after the Yamaha man handed him at Turn 7.
Rossi’s transfer on the right-hander was aggressive and Dovizioso entered the nook barely huge, opening up the opportunity of a cutback as a counter-attack.
Riders complained in regards to the dirtiness of the monitor off the best line all through the weekend and the Ducati man mentioned that he was certainly “scared to crash” off-line, so he didn’t attempt to re-pass Rossi.
“When he overtake me I was really scared to crash because in that part of the track the grip was zero,” mentioned Dovizioso.
“I did not make loopy issues to lose 16 factors within the final lap, it wasn’t a good suggestion.
“I’m not too glad in the best way the tyre work throughout the race as a result of my pace was not adequate, aside of Marc, I could not make a niche to Valentino and that’s the unhealthy level.
“I could not be quick like I wished within the final 10 laps, to create a niche to Vale.
“Vale was in a position to examine very properly my approach to trip and created the overtaking [chance] on the final lap. I could not reply.”
While Dovizioso was “not glad” to lose second, he was pleased with the “large” progress Ducati made since final yr, when Argentina was one of many Italian marque’s wprst races.
The Italian in contrast his Termas efficiency to his race on the similar monitor final yr, when he completed solely sixth and was round one second a lap off the tempo.
“Last yr I used to be minimal one second slower than what I did as we speak,” he mentioned.
“Our enchancment is big and that’s the reason the goal was the rostrum, and we did it. We need to be actually glad about that.
“It just isn’t sufficient as a result of we combat with nice riders, however I believe our pace, I used to be consistently second.
“Last yr I end sixth as a result of plenty of riders make loopy issues and crash. I believe the advance is big.”