Starting from his sixteenth position with morale at half mast, Andrea Iannone was first of all on fire with a convincing start to the Grand Prix. Arriving in a good sixth place, he then stopped dead, sliding down to ninth position. Frustrating, but this performance gave clear indications to the Suzuki engineers who thanked him for this two-step performance.
Andrea Iannone said that he was there to lead and not solve problems. But it is thanks to its management that the answers to the concerns arrive. At least that's what emerges from the results of this meeting in Assen. A summary from the technical manager, Ken Kawauchi : " we certainly cannot be satisfied with a ninth place for Andrea and a seventeenth for Alex Rins. But not compared to previous races, this one was positive ».
The Japanese explains why: “ Andrea is making great efforts given the situation. Thanks to him, we now have a very clear vision of our problem. With the new tires, we are performing at a good level, but when their performance drops, it affects us too significantly. This race was excellent for our development. So thank you Andrea ».
The latter replied “ the first part of the race was very positive and I was able to climb from my starting position to the top of the top 10. I then had a good pace, quite close to the leading men. But the grip started to become precarious and this dramatically affected our GSX-RR. It is no longer as effective as I would like it to be. But we have learned some things and when we have sorted them out, we will be closer to our opponents ».
The teammate alex rins has for his part reached the finish, but out of the points and hindering Petrucci in his final battle with Rossi for victory. Kidneys did not fail to apologize to the Pramac Ducati rider…
#DutchGP MotoGP: Race Ranking
1. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 41m 41.149s
2. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 41m 41.212s
3. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 41m 46.350s
4. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 41m 46.392s
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 41m 46.476s
6. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 42m 4.539s
7. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 42m 18.131s
8. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 42m 18.207s
9.
Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 42m 18.315s
10. Alex Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 42m 43.078s
11. Espargaro Pol ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 42m 50.533s
12. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 42m 51.270s
13. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)
42m 51.493s
14. Johann zarco ENG Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
43m 16.804s
15. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17)
+1 lap
16. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) +1 lap
17.
alex rins ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* +1 lap
Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16)
DNF
Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) DNF
Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16)
DNF
Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)
DNF
Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
DNF
Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)*
DNF
