Not in good shape on an Aprilia RS-GP from which he seems to be waiting for developments before giving up on it, injured since Jerez where he withdrew before abandoning prematurely for this reason at Le Mans, criticized by his former manager Carlo Pernat who presented him as a personal failure and finally at odds with his teammate Aleix Espargaró for criticisms that would have been misunderstood, it is nothing to say thatAndrea Iannone is not the most followed rider in the MotoGP paddock currently… And yet, from his home grounds of Mugello, he still brought home a point.
One point and that's it, but it's always that for the teammate of a Aleix Espargaró who, meanwhile, took eleventh place under the checkered flag of Mugello. Qualified downright last alongside the KTM Tech3 of Miguel Oliveira, it was to the latter that he blew the last point at stake at the end of this sixth meeting of the season. Antepenultimate of his national meeting, Joe the Maniac refuses to speak of a stampede. On the contrary.
« I am quite satisfied, especially with the pace of the first part of the coursee » confirms Iannone. " Starting far behind, I managed to fight and recover a lot of ground, even on Aleix, who is definitely my reference. Unfortunately, in the last laps with Joan Mir and Johann Zarco we got in the way, losing time and even allowing those behind to get closer. It was obviously not the Mugello I expected, but our goal is the long term: to know the bike better and develop it ».
Andrea Iannone is now 20e in the championship with seven points, 20 less than his teammate.
Italian Grand Prix Mugello MotoGP J3: classification
