As I said in my earlier thread.
Another great race. This time it was hard racing, tire management, not appearing artificial
https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/dovizioso-strange-pace-brno/3154485/Brno MotoGP race winner Andrea Dovizioso says his “strange” pace out front was a deliberate attempt to break up the pack behind him.
Dovizioso led all but three laps in the grand prix, but ran an initial pace that was almost a second down from what had been projected from practice – as he and other frontrunners worked to preserve the tyres.
This meant the Italian spent the first half of the race at the head of what was at one point an 11-bike lead group, and Dovizioso admitted he tried to disrupt those behind him by varying his speed – having at one point gone from mid-1m57s to high-1m56s and then high-1m57s in the span of three laps.
“At the beginning, I was trying to make something strange, because the [lead] group was big.
“Is always better to have less riders when you start to fight [for the win], especially when you have to manage the tyre.
