Dovizioso: It's a dream to be leading title race

Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso says it is a 'dream' to be leading the MotoGP World Championship after eight races.

The Italian rider heads the standings by four points from Maverick Vinales as he prepares for the final race before the summer break at the Sachsenring in Germany this weekend.

Dovizioso, who won back-to-back races at Mugello and Catalunya, said: “Yes, it sounds strange also to me but I'm so happy with how we work in these eight races to be first; it's a dream. I'm really happy: we worked really hard over the last five years and to be in this situation is really good and we have to keep working.

“Especially the last three races we worked in a very good away, especially Assen; it was difficult because nobody was able to work a lot before the race and we used a different set-up than the practice in the race and it worked.

“At the beginning of this race when I didn't feel perfect, after I was able to push a little bit more after the crash of Maverick [Vinales] and make a good lap time. That for me is more important than the final result,” he added.

Read more at: goo.gl/fpd1BZ