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Ducati Team’s Jorge Lorenzo capped off the 2017 MotoGP World Championship pre-season by impressing with the fourth-fastest lap on combined times at Losail International Circuit in Qatar.

The Spaniard clocked a 1m54.519s lap-time on the third and final day, just 0.189s from the man who replaced him at Movistar Yamaha for this season, Maverick Viñales’, overall benchmark.

“Today was a much more positive day than the first two,” Lorenzo commented. “In general things went very well and I achieved my best position in the three official 2017 tests. We upped the pace quite a lot and I also managed to set some good times, but we still have to work on the race pace and, with the GP in mind, also decide which tyres to use. We still have a lot of work to do, but on this track I think we can score a good result and so I’m leaving Qatar optimistic about the first race.”

Lorenzo also trialled Ducati’s topical new ‘hammerhead’ aerodynamic package on Sunday evening, a day following Dovizioso making his debut with the evolution. The Italian ended up second overall with a 1m54.401s lap-time.