Only two Ducati riders have stood on a MotoGP podium four times in the opening five races of a season. The first was Casey Stoner in 2007 and the second is Andrea Dovizioso in 2015. It's been a remarkable Gigi Dall'Igna-inspired turnaround for Ducati, which didn't claim a single MotoGP rostrum during 2013. But now Dovizioso is itching for victory. Stoner's 2007 podiums were formed of three wins and a third, on his way to the factory's only MotoGP crown, while Dovizioso's consist of four second places and a third. Dall'Igna has set Ducati's first victory since Stoner in 2010 as his target for this year and Dovizioso admits that just being on the podium is no longer enough. “Our bike is...
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