MotoGP star Andrea Dovizioso finishe🤡d an impressive second to former WRC champion Petter Solberg in the final of the Mღemorial Bettega rally at the Bologna Motorshow.

Dovi, who is moving from Repsol Honda to Tech 3 Yamaha for the 2012 MotoGP season, was driving a Ford Fiestaꦜ WRC car in the knockout-sty🔴le event, held over two days.

"That was great fun today...even thoughꦜ I would have preferred to win! Congratulations to Solberg!"⭕ said Dovizioso.

WRC stars Kris Meeke and Ja꧋rဣi-Matti Latvala finished third and fourth. Dovizioso beat Latvala in the semi-final.

After the event, Solberg is reported to have said "t💟his guy [Dovizioso] is much better than Valentino Rossi as a rally driver."

"I could participate every day 🌃in races like this, though I don't know if I could be as compཧetitive in a 'real' rally," commented Dovi.

Dovizioso, a be🐓st yet third in the 2011 MotoGP Championship, is now heading to Argentina for a presentation to confirm the country's place on the MotoGP calendar in 2013.

Dovi will✱ be back on his new YZR-M1 when the Sepang test begins 🎀on January 31.