Andrea Iannone finished fourteenth in his first Grand Prix with Aprilia. THE Qatar therefore opened Joe the Maniac's adventure with Noale's firm with points and also a funny epilogue. The Italian, formerly of Ducati and Suzuki, actually fell during the deceleration lap. He returned to his box without his RS-GP, as a passenger of the KTM Johann zarco.
Aprilia's new recruit, Andrea Iannone, scored his first two World Championship points during the first MotoGP race of the year. An appreciable performance when we know that he lost a wing at the start of the Qatar Grand Prix.
« Overall, the race was positive. For my first MotoGP race with Aprilia, we were 14 seconds short, that's really not bad “, analyzed Andrea Iannone. Andrea Dovizioso crossed the finish line in Qatar just 0,023 seconds ahead of Marc Marquez. The top 5 in this race are also only 0,600 seconds apart. Iannone regrets 14,349 seconds on the winner after 22 laps. He is 0,042 seconds ahead of the new Honda drivers, Jorge Lorenzo, who finished 13th.
Overall, the official driver Aprilia was satisfied, even if things did not go as planned: “ I must say that we worked well, even if we had difficulties. In the first corner I lost the left wing after contact with Morbidelli, and the bike was no longer balanced. I couldn't accelerate as well anymore and the front wheel was lifting a little more. It was definitely not a normal race with this problem. »
« But I'm satisfied and in the end we're improving every time we take to the track, day after day, race after race. This is our priority “, said the Italian, who seems at ease with Aprilia. “I'm happy, I have very competent people behind me. This is a team that really believes in me. It's essential. I feel good here and I think we are on the right path. » And about his fall after the finish? “ I lost the front. What happened ? The tire became very cold and I crashed, fortunately it was not in the race.”
MotoGP, Qatar J3: classification
| 1 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 42'36.902 |
| 2 | 93 | Marc MÁRQUEZ | Honda | +0.023 |
| 3 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | +0.320 |
| 4 | 42 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | +0.457 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | +0.600 |
| 6 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | +2.320 |
| 7 | 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | +2.481 |
| 8 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | +5.088 |
| 9 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | +7.406 |
| 10 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARÓ | Aprilia | +9.636 |
| 11 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | +9.647 |
| 12 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | +12.774 |
| 13 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | +14.307 |
| 14 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | +14.349 |
| 15 | 5 | johann zarco | KTM | +15.093 |
| 16 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Yamaha | +15.905 |
| 17 | 88 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | +16.377 |
| 18 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | +22.972 |
| 19 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | +23.039 |
| 20 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | KTM | +43.242 |
| Not Classified | ||||
| 38 | Bradley SMITH | Aprilia | 2 lapses | |
| 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 10 lapses | |
| 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 13 lapses |
