For many years, we have known Andrea Iannone capable of the best and the worst...
Today, it was the best he delivered during this intermediate day of testing at Losail, finishing at the top of the provisional ranking, 4 hundredths ahead of his former teammate at Ducati.
Andrea Iannone, 1st, 1'54.586: « Here, since yesterday, the bike gives me a good feeling. I'm able to ride more and more with my usual style, and we struggle less, where we don't have strong braking. Today I did a short race simulation and it was quite positive, we still have room to improve but the team and Suzuki are doing a good job. We took all the information from the first two tests and tried to build a competition bike. So far I am very happy with what is happening here in Qatar! In Sepang and Thailand, my feeling for the bike was good in some areas, not in others. When braking and entering the corner, I had big problems. This was true for all curves. So, I could not fully exploit the potential of the machine. Here the curves are faster and the trajectories softer, so my feeling at the front is better. Day after day we were able to improve. In the end, I have to be happy. But it is important that we continue to progress. Our performance still needs to improve. The track helps us, but we also improved. »
The Suzuki rider was also interviewed by the official website camera MotoGP.com...
You are first in the ranking. Is it because of the bike or because you feel particularly good and you like this circuit?
“It’s like yesterday, it’s the bike. It's still the bike! »
Davide Brivio : “Today we can say that we worked more with the race in mind, thinking about the preparation for the race. Of course, it's very nice that Andrea had a good lap at the end of the session, and it's always nice to be in the lead! Andrea and Alex were in the Top 5, and that's a good sign. The drivers did a lot of laps with good pace, so we are happy with that. We will try to finish well tomorrow, with some long runs, and hopefully we will be ready… it looks like we are in good shape at the moment and we will continue to work hard. »
MotoGP #QatarTest J.2 Ranking:
- Andrea Iannone 1'54.586s
- Andrea Dovizioso +0.041s
- Marc Marquez +0.167s
- Johann Zarco +0.288s
- Alex Rins +0.381s
- Cal Crutchlow +0.406s
- Maverick Vinales +0.465s
- Danilo Petrucci +0.602s
- Jack Miller +0.650s
- Dani Pedrosa +0.696s
- Valentino Rossi +0.730s
- Aleix Espargaro +0.874s
- Takaaki Nakagami +0.953s
- Jorge Lorenzo +0.976s
- Scott Redding +1.122s
- Bradley Smith +1.212s
- Tito Rabat +1.289s
- Karel Abraham +1.290s
- Franco Morbidelli +1.488s
- Alvaro Bautista +1.518s
- Hafizh Syahrin +1.677s
- Thomas Luthi +1.709s
- Xavier Simeon +2.209s
- Mika Kallio +2.632s
