Mistakes by A💜ndrea Dovizioso are a rare occurrence, so was the Italian's second fall in three MotoGP races due to the sudden pressure from Ducati team-mate Jorge Lorenzo?

Dovizioso insists the answer is no.

The bare mechanics of his lap 9 fall in Catalunya were a better exit from Turn 4, putting him 5-6km/h faster into the following corner, wher🅰e he brak💛ed too much: "A mistake, because I was on the limit."

But contributing to the error was the lure of Honda's world champions𓆏hip leader Marc Marquez, just ahead of him in second pla🍰ce behind Lorenzo, while knowing he lacked one or two vital tenths.

"It's not about Jorge, it's about that I want to win the race because I have good speed and we have to gain 🌺the points to Marc. And Marc was there [just in front]. So I was pushing. I didn't want to give up," Dovizioso explained.

"My speed in the race wasn't good enough. I was losing one, alඣmost two tenths a lap. But when the grip is very low, one or two tenths can be like one-second. So I was pushing too much.

"This is wha🅠t happened and we go home with zero points."

Dovizioso also insisted that Lorenzo's second victory in succession can be positive for him personally, since he can now 'study' the S𝓰paniard.

"I think t🐎here are a few things we can improve. Especi🌌ally if you have a strong team-mate, like I have with Jorge now.

"When you have a fast team-mate, there are positive and negative things. I𝐆t's di🉐fficult to manage, but the positive is you have an example to study. What I didn’t have until now."

Has Do♕vizioso's confidence been 🥃dented by the recent falls?

"No, because we are fast. I wasn't sixth without the speed when I fell. When you are fast, the confidence is there 💯and the bike works well."

The 2017 title runner-up added: "I know very well what happened when I crashed in Le Mans and here. It didn't happen in a strange way, where I don't know why. This is po𒅌sitive.

ಌ"The point is, we have to be a bit better in some parts of the corners and we have to analyse a bit bet🦂ter the weekend, because every time the way we have to ride the tyres is different.

"The tyres are different to lasꦇt year. Michelin say it's t💯he same because the rubber is the same, but the casing is not the same. So the grip is a bit different. So we have to adapt to a new situation."

An interesting insight Dovizioso was willing to share involved Loren♛zo's braking technique at ꩲCatalunya.

"Here, I bel𒊎ieve after the race, those who braked with some slide, it didn't work here. If you look, Jorge was braking completely straight...