Andrea Iannone affirms it all the time; he likes Michelin tires!
Yesterday, he even allowed himself to close the first free practice session of the year just 3 tenths behind Jorge Lorenzo, with a Hard rear tire.
Today, he will try the Tendre to follow the Yamaha rider and see if it leads to an improvement in performance.
As in the IRTA tests, the Ducati D16GPs are equipped only with their fork crown fins, but these are large enough for Cal Crutchlow to complain about the turbulence experienced in the wake of the red bikes: "when you ride behind the Ducatis …the turbulence of these things is incredible. »
Andrea Iannone : “We had a good day but we didn't improve the time we achieved during practice, so we still need to find something more to be faster and more competitive.
Regardless, it was a positive session, although we made one change, almost at the end, but it didn't bring the results we hoped for. However, it gave us a clearer vision of the direction to take, and the work we need to do to improve braking when entering corners.
I preferred to use only the Hard rear tire because I saw that we still had a little margin. Tomorrow we will see and understand if we can also race with the Soft tire. »
