Andrea Dovizioso’s consistency throughout the year has seen him move forward again at the AirAsia British Grand Prix on Sunday, where the Repsol Honda racer claimed his best finish of the season with second place.

He already placed third in three of the four rounds, the Italian now enjoying a new level on the stage at Silverstone, a result that has also improved his ranking in the Championship.

“I’m really happy with second in the race, and we also have second in the Championship now so this reflects our strong start to the season,” says Dovizioso.

“In the middle of the race I saw many riders were closing in behind me and so I tried to push at 100% to get a gap and try to avoid a fight on last lap. Corners 13 and 14 towards the end of the lap are really slow and you can see clearly the riders that are behind, and it would be easy to be overtaken here on the last lap if they were too close, so it was important to get a gap, which I managed to do.”

With such a good beginning to the year, Dovizioso is now preparing to focus on the next step and claiming a win, something he has achieved only once before in the premier class.

“I’m so pleased with the season so far and I’d like to say thank you to Honda and to the team for the work they are doing. We still need to improve so that we can battle for race wins, but we are one step closer today and it’s a good result for us at the start of a busy period of races. Next stop is Assen and we must move forward again so that we have a chance of winning there,” adds the 23 year old.