Repsol Honda's Andrea Dovizioso has said the Ducati MotoGP bike is making nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi look like every other rider on the grid and that he seems to have lost feeling with his bike.

Dovizioso, who followed The Doctor during warm-up at Mugello, says it is the first time he has ever seen his compatriot riding this way.

"I rode behind Rossi in the warm up in Mugello. I think is the first time he loses the feeling on the bike. If you see the riders in the practice, if he didn't go fast, and in the race better, but not with a good result, is because you have no feeling with the bike," said Dovizioso.

"When you have the mentality of the race, you start and race, you can do the best. But if you are slow in the practice it is because you don't know what you need to know, so you lose the feeling. Is the first time I see Valentino like this, so this means that he's like another rider with nine titles. He is like every rider, but with nine titles."