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Dovizioso never considered going back to GP17 Ducati

Andrea Dovizioso says he never considered reverting to last year's Ducati GP17 in Thailand testing after Jorge Lorenzo returned to using the old machine on Sunday. After topping the opening test of the winter at Sepang, Lorenzo struggled to replicate that form at Buriram, and even resorted to going back to last year's Ducati on the final day of the test as he slumped to 22nd in the timesheets. By contrast, Dovizioso wound up seventh-fastest, only four tenths behind pacesetter Dani Pedrosa.  Asked if he had plans to compare the GP17 and GP18 again like Lorenzo, Dovizioso replied: "There isn't a big difference [between them] but in Malaysia it was clear. So there is no reason for me to...
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