Ducati Mot🔥oGP rider Andrea Dovizioso l𒐪eft a strong impression on his car racing debut after finishing 12th in the DTM round at Misano.

Making a one-off appearance as part of the Audi Sport team – which owns 🎶the Ducati company – Dovizioso got right into the mix of the race with battles against more experienced four-wheel racers.

Working his way up to 12th position in a race of 15 finishers, Dovizioso finished just behind WRT team-mate Pietro Fittipaldi, who also happens to double up a Haas F1 test driver. Moreover, his fastest race lap would pr🥂ove a mere 1.2secs slower than the⛦ quickest set all race.

Dovizioso will get another shot at the top ten tomorrow with a sec⭕ond race of the weekend.

Dovizioso is the latest in a line of bikers to triaꦯl car racing, including Valentino Rossi (WRC) and Casey Stoner (V8 Supercars), while the likes of Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo have also par✨ticipated in F1 tests.

350cc World Champion Johnny Cecotto is particularly notable for his considerable success in touring cars after hanging up his leathers, the Venezuelan becoming a factory BMW driver during the early 1990s heyday🙈 of the German series, finishing runner-up overall in 1990.

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