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If Andrea Dovizioso claims six points or more in this weekend's Valencia season finale, 2019 will have been his highest-scoring season in MotoGP (helped by a 19th race).

Andrea Dovizioso gave credit to Valentino Rossi in their battle for the final rostrum spot at the Malaysian MotoGP having felt the nine-time world champion was “aggressive but clean” at Sepang.

Andrea Dovizioso says he’s content with reaching the podium at Sepang but concedes his Ducati didn’t have the pace to catch the front two during the Malaysian MotoGP.

Andrea Dovizioso concedes the performance gap between MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez to himself and the rest of the grid ‘is ridiculous and it is too much’ but remains faithful of closing the deficit ahead of 2020.

Andrea Dovizioso heads to his favourite circuit of Sepang in Malaysia his weekend, already confirmed as MotoGP title runner-up for the third successive season.

The last leg of MotoGP’s epic triple-header takes place with the Malaysian GP in familiar surroundings at Sepang which hosts a special home debut, potential record breakers and the proper start to 2020 preparations.

Andrea Dovizioso has backed the decision to postpone qualifying for the Australian MotoGP due to high winds as he feared conditions would have meant riders taking “a risk without really having control of the bike”.

Andrea Dovizioso expects to be in a group fighting behind the front-running pace of Marc Marquez and Maverick Vinales at the Australian MotoGP but remains optimistic as “everything is open”.

Andrea Dovizioso has repeated his suspicion of an underlying technical weakness with his Ducati GP19 causing his slower pace in good grip conditions with a new tyre while looking ahead to the Australian MotoGP.

Andrea Dovizioso is bracing for “the most challenging circuit” for Ducati of the triple-header at Phillip Island and despite losing out on the MotoGP world title he feels he can’t ease off in the fight for second place in the standings.

Marc Marquez produces another dominant display to demonstrate his 2019 MotoGP world title credentials with victory at Honda’s home round to wrap up the world constructors’ championship.

Andrea Dovizioso has been left bemused by his lack of pace “when the grip was good” at the start of the race before charging up the order to record the 100 th podium of his career.

Here is the next round-up of MotoGP gossip including Jorge Lorenzo’s assessment of his 2019, confirmation Stefan Bradl will remain HRC test rider for 2020 and another addition to the KTM fold for 2020.

With Marc Marquez winning the 2019 MotoGP title last time in Thailand, Ducati team-mates Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci now have their focus firmly set on finishing as 'best of the rest' in the world championship.

Marc Marquez has pinpointed the key moments to his 2019 MotoGP world title triumph with victory at Jerez plus the dramatic Barcelona round as turning points.

Full Thailand MotoGP warm-up results

Andrea Dovizioso believes Sunday's Thai MotoGP could produce another big group battle for the lead. And the Ducati rider, who lost out to Marc Marquez in a final turn victory showdown one year ago, feels he can again be among the contenders, despite qualifying in seventh.

Marc Marquez says he will prioritise securing a podium finish over gambling for victory at the Thailand MotoGP but with the chance to seal the riders’ world title he accepts finishing ahead of Andrea Dovizioso “will be much better”.

Full Thailand MotoGP FP3 results

Andrea Dovizioso says the gap to Marc Marquez since the Catalan MotoGP became too big to bridge in the riders’ championship and concedes the Repsol Honda rider’s current consistency has denied him the chance to fight back.

After a short break following the Aragon round, MotoGP begins the flyaway races in Asia starting with in Thailand where Marc Marquez has his first opportunity to seal the 2019 world title.

Returning to the podium with a runner-up finish - from tenth on the grid - last time at Aragon means Andrea Dovizioso approaches Buriram and the start of the flyaway MotoGP races with greater confidence.

Following his dominant victory at the Argon MotoGP last time out, Marc Marquez has moved to within touching distance of the 2019 riders’ world championship with five rounds to go.

Michelin will provide its specially prepared rear tyres for the Thailand MotoGP which have only been used in Austria so far this season due to the unusual circuit characteristics at the Chang International Circuit.