Mengapa Dovizioso selalu memblok pembalap lain bila Marquez ada di depan?

Ternyata tidak penulis saja yang berpendapat bahwa Dovizioso itu memblok pembalap lain di belakang Marquez, crash.net juga:
French MotoGP: Marquez untouchable as Dovizioso holds off Petrucci

Selama beberapa balapan ini penulis amati kalau Dovizioso itu memang terlihat menghalangi yang lain. Kalau di balapan sebelumnya terkesan menjaga posisi, maka di balapan terakhir terasa agak aneh.

Dovizioso jelas mampu mengejar Marquez sehingga posisinya bisa naik ke posisi 2. Tapi begitu di posisi 2, Dovizioso tidak lagi terkesan mengejar Marquez. Padahal sebenarnya jarak juga tidak begitu jauh. Sempat dekat banget.

Sebelumnya penulis menyangka bahwa motor Ducati itu nggak mampu belok, sehingga cuma bisa kencang di jalur cepat saja, tapi komentar dari Petrucci mementahkan hal itu:
Petrucci “very, very scared” to hit Dovizioso in Le Mans fight

“I tried my best, he was a little bit better in acceleration, me in the entry of the corner,” Petrucci told MotoGP.com. “This permits him to be a little bit far in the braking area, so was very difficult for me to go in.

Disebut bahwa Dovizioso unggul di akselerasi dan Petrucci unggul saat masuk tikungan.

Miller juga terbukti berhasil mengikuti Marquez. Namun karena

Pada saat balapan peberapa kali Petrucci melakukan usaha menyalip Dovizioso namun Dovizioso sering berhasil mencegahnya. Jelas Dovizioso punya banyak ruang untuk bisa menghalangi pembalap lain, indikasi bahwa sebenarnya Dovizioso bisa menikung lebih kencang.

Perlu diketahui bahwa Aleix Espargaró memuji pengereman dari Dovizioso:
How I ride: Aleix Espargaró

With the Michelin the time between when you start braking and when you release the front brake has to be at the very minimum. Andrea Dovizioso is the best at this.

Whenever I’m with Dovizioso he never brakes later than me. We start braking at the same place but when he releases the front brake he’s 5kph [3mph] slower than me, so in the same few metres he has lost more speed than me, so when we start leaning into the corner I’m risking 75 per cent while he’s risking 65 per cent.

It’s all about stopping the bike in a straight line as fast as possible.

Dipuji Marquez juga:
Are Márquez and Dovizioso the new Schwantz and Rainey?

“Dovi brakes more under control, while I’m braking more on the limit, at that special brake point that everyone has in his mind,” added Márquez. “But my target is to change my style. I’m trying to be more Dovi style: smoother braking, lean a little bit and accelerate. But at the moment that’s impossible.

Jack Miller mengaku sebagai pembalap yang jago di tikungan, tapi toh terbukti bisa ditempel oleh Dovizioso:
How I ride: Jack Miller

I’ve been trying to work on my braking. I’ve always been one of the fastest guys into the corners out of all the Ducati guys, but I don’t seem to do all my braking in a straight line, as a lot of them do. I run into the corner with a lot of lean angle and a lot of brake, which is taking unnecessary risks. Since the Sepang tests we’ve been trying to work on that. Dovi stops the bike straight up and down, so that’s the biggest thing I’ve got to work on.

Entahlah.