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