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Dovizioso confirms water pump issue

Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso has confirmed that he was forced to pull out of Sunday's Spanish MotoGP due to a water pump failure. Dovizioso was in seventh place at the time water started to leak onto his rear wheel and had to retire on the tenth lap. In an interview afterwards, Dovizioso confirmed he almost crashed when water went on his rear tyre. “Water went on to the rear tyre and I almost crashed two times. I had to retire,” Dovizioso said. “In the last three races I've got zero points and for the championship, it's really, really bad. “Looking at the positives, we didn't crash, which would have been easy and my feeling with the bike is good. I'm going to Le Mans with the...
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