It's in a video from the official website MotoGP.com that we discover that Andrea Iannone considers himself faster than Maverick Vinales was last year on the Suzuki.
He explains the reasons with the following arguments: “I saw the Maverick data last year and we don't drive very differently. Simply, at the end of the straight, he arrives with his bike more upright while I lean before him. But I think I'm trying to adapt since Maverick had no problem with the front end of the Suzuki, while I struggle a lot in all the races. Generally speaking, I arrive better placed than him, better than he did in all the races, but the result is completely different. Me, with three or four tenths better than him, I arrive in 10th position. He was second or fourth. So it's completely different and a little difficult. The level is very, very high, but of course I always try 100% and take advantage of the situation.
But it's not all up to me. In my opinion, with all due respect, the bike is very difficult to handle. In the last race, Karel Abraham and Loris Baz overtook me on the straight, left and right, while I was skating in the middle. So for the first time in my career I wondered what was going on. I am helpless in this situation. »
