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speak with them. Sometimes<br />
the mechanics from the Rinaldi<br />
team text and tell me where<br />
they are going to test or train<br />
and if I have time I will go. It’s<br />
really nice.<br />
Marc has a good story about<br />
going to one of the Grands<br />
Prix at Bellpuig in the early<br />
‘00s and seeing Mickael<br />
Pichon and Stefan Everts<br />
racing. He has those strong<br />
memories as a kid. Were you<br />
also affected by seeing and<br />
watching others?<br />
I followed the races but as a<br />
kid my Dad never really took<br />
me to see many, in motocross<br />
or MotoGP. I think you will<br />
see many of the current guys<br />
here have a photo with Valentino<br />
when they were younger!<br />
Their parents brought them<br />
to the world championship<br />
and those photos of him in<br />
the paddock exist: that never<br />
happened to me because we<br />
were racing pocketbikes and<br />
we never really had the contact<br />
with this world. It seemed<br />
like a place far away from our<br />
world. A different story. When<br />
I see the photos of Quartararo,<br />
Viñales and Marquez with<br />
Rossi is seems very strange<br />
to me. Valentino finished the<br />
pocketbike races when we<br />
started but there was never<br />
really the possibility.<br />
Time’s up. The next set of<br />
journalists have already<br />
scaled the Ducati terrace and<br />
are waiting patiently. Andrea<br />
has already completed an<br />
unusual pre-event media opportunity<br />
at the Fundación<br />
Real Escuela Andaluza del<br />
Arte Ecuestre (an equestrian<br />
school) and the Thursday<br />
schedule of non-racing matters<br />
is in full flow. Dovi is<br />
appreciated among journalists<br />
for the way he can articulate<br />
what MotoGP feels like, and<br />
the almost-scientific approach<br />
riders need to live in the acute<br />
margins of performance necessary<br />
for success. It does<br />
seem as if we just nicked<br />
the surface when it comes<br />
to similar thoughts on motocross,<br />
his impressions of the<br />
technicality behind it and contrasted<br />
to his day job between<br />
Friday-Sunday. Mission Winnow<br />
Ducati might be asked for<br />
a ‘part two’.<br />
DOVI ON MOTOCROSS
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