MotoGP championship leader Andrea Dovizioso has rejected Ducati's first contract extension offer, Motorsport.com has learned. Dovizioso, who has been with Ducati since 2013 and finished runner-up to Honda's Marc Marquez last year, has a contact that runs to the end of 2018 - and has been in negotiations with the Borgo Panigale firm over an extension. Team manager Davide Tardozzi said earlier this month that Ducati was confident of renewing Dovizioso's deal "soon" - but it has now emerged that the manufacturer's initial offer was turned down by the rider. Dovizioso's agent Simone Battistella told Motorsport.com: "We are far. Here we've had a meeting with Ducati and finally we...
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