A♚ndrea Dovizioso believes Sunday's Thai MꦐotoGP could produce another big group battle for the lead.

An✅d the Ducati rider, who lost out to Marc Marquez in a final turn vi🔥ctory showdown one year ago, feels he can again be among the contenders, despite qualifying in seventh.

Dovizioso is the only per🌄son that can delay Marquez's 2019 ti🎃tle celebrations, if he loses no more than a point to the Repsol Honda rider in the Buriram race.

"A lot of riders have really good pa🐼ce, so it could be a big group in the race, because Marc is really fast, but not like in Aragon," sai♑d the Italian, referring to the Honda rider's lights-to-flag dominance last time out.

"I think Maverick and all four Yamahas are also very fast in the pace and Jac🎐k [Miller] can be there, like in Aragon and I have a good pace, so we are there.

"The third row is not the best, but we have our chance I think. But we are all very close and it's impossible to know how much everyone pushed, or i൲f they will be a bit slower in the race.

"I'm quite relaxed, I am going to try to be on the podium, 𓃲this is our goal. We will see."

Unlike at Aragon, where the Yamaha riders were among those to regrဣet their rear tyre choice, Dovizioso thinks it'll be a simpler scenario on Sunday.

"I think [the soft tyre] for more-or-less everyb🤪ody. The consumption is not too high."

Pramac's Jack Miller qualified justܫ ahead of Dovizioso in sixth, whose team-mate Daniloꦆ Petrucci was top Ducati in fifth.