Dovizioso to sit out 2021

Motorcycling: Italian Andrea Dovizioso has turned down an offer to become a test rider for Yamaha in 2021 and will put his career on hold, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported yesterday.

Dovizioso will leave Ducati at the end of the season and said last month that becoming a test rider was ‘‘a big option’’.

But La Gazzetta dello Sport reported Dovizioso's manager, Simone Battistella, had communicated the rider's decision to Yamaha Motor Racing managing director Lin Jarvis on Sunday, adding the 34yearold would not ride in 2021. — Reuters