Andrea Iannone was eagerly awaited at Aprilia with a view to developing an RS-GP in a vegetative state since his entry into MotoGP. With his experience on a Ducati and coming out of a Suzuki, the expertise of Joe the Maniac was to be the added value opening the way to development. But at half-time of this first season in Noale, it is clear that the Italian is rowing while it is still the Spaniard Aleix Espargaró who is keeping the Piaggio group brand afloat...
To understand what is happening at Aprilia, we must actually compare with what has been experienced Andrea Iannone. The latter declares in the light of his past experience: “ I think it is impossible to compare the Ducati, the Suzuki and the Aprilia, because they are all three completely different » begins the Transalpine. “ Nevertheless, we can say that the Aprilia and the Ducati are getting closer to each other. But the Ducati is of course better in all areas.” Above all, it highlights the strength of the Desmosedici in terms of braking and acceleration. “The Suzuki has a completely different philosophy » he finishes.
He adds : " I don't know how the Ducati has evolved and changed over the last three years, I am an Aprilia rider and I am 100% focused on this bike and I try to help the engineers with my comments. and, of course, draw on my past experience by comparing and analyzing to improve ».
For the remaining nine races of the season, the Italian hopes for progress. “ Of course we want to take another step forward in the second half of the season " did he declare. “ I know I'm a good rider, I've won races in MotoGP, I've been on the podium and I've won a lot before. This is the first year, it's about adapting and building a base, and our objective is, of course, different from what we are currently experiencing. First of all, we want to constantly reach the top ten ».
He finishes : " we are on the edge of everything. It won't be easy, but we have plenty of data to understand what works and what doesn't. We know what to do, the difficulty is to do it quickly ».
