The Suzuki driver announced at the start of the weekend that this Grand Prix would not be easy, and that he did not expect to be able to do wonders. Indeed, the race was complicated, but he was able to “save the furniture” despite everything.
Andrea Iannone knew that the temperatures should not be too high on Sunday if he wanted to hope to play in front. After a decent Warm Up where he took eighth place, he prepared for the race, but given the heat that was starting to set in, he did not expect a miracle.
As usual, he got off to a good start and was aggressive to stay in front. He held the pace for the first few laps, but once the heat started to affect the tires he struggled and lost places. He also had several heats and had to widen to then return to the track.
In the end, the Italian managed to secure tenth place and some important points for the Championship. He now occupies ninth place, tied on points with Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso.
He is the Suzuki rider who came out the best since his teammate Álex Rins encountered a technical problem which forced him to retire, while Sylvain Guintoli, invited for the Grand Prix, unfortunately crashed at the start of the race.
When he returned to the box, Andrea Iannone was still a little disappointed: “I'm not that happy because I really gave everything but I couldn't get the result I wanted. We have improved the bike in some areas, but we still have work to do in others, especially acceleration. Anyway, I'm happy with my performance because I did my best when the tires were good, and I was near the front of the race at the start so that's important. I hope we make progress in the next races. »
Race ranking:
1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 165.6 40'13.566
2 20 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 165.3 +4.479
3 16 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 165.2 +6.098
4 13 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 164.9 +9.805
5 11 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 164.9 +10.640
6 10 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 164.8 +10.798
7 9 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 164.7 +13.432
8 8 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 164.6 +15.055
9 7 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 164.1 +22.057
10 6 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 163.9 +24.141
11 5 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 163.1 +36.560
12 4 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 163.0 +38.229
13 3 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 160.2 +1'21.526
14 2 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 139.1 3 Tours
Unclassified
55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 164.3 4 Tours
53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 164.3 6 Tours
43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 164.3 7 Tours
38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 162.8 11 Tours
30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 162.8 11 Tours
42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 156.9 13 Tours
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 164.8 16 Tours
10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 160.4 17 Tours
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 161.1 20 Tours
12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 159.1 21 Tours
50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 155.5 22 Tours
Did not finish the 1st round
36 Mika KALLIO FIN Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 0 Tour
