After four Grands Prix contested this season, Suzuki can only boast one points ranking with its new recruit Iannone. It was in Austin for a seventh place. Argentina finished with a sixteenth position while both in Qatar and in Spain, the former Ducati driver made a mistake. The mines are starting to lengthen on the side of the bosses of the GSX-RR…
Tests spent fumbling and an improbable but welcome stroke of brilliance, this is what often happens this year for the Suzuki troops during tests. Andrea Iannone seems to find the light in the final moments, but, alas, it does not stay lit for long during the race. A frustration experienced again in Jerez.
Spain will therefore be another weekend to forget for Joe the Maniac. And yet, he started from a good fifth position: “ It's a big disappointment because the objective was really to bring back a good result. But I started having problems with the tires, both front and rear and things got complicated »
There was still a lot of talk about tires at Jerez, and the subject is also raging at Yamaha. But there was also another parameter to take into account: “ we suffered from the heat and it's a shame because on Saturday we had good grip, unlike Sunday where the track was very slippery. I lost the front and crashed. The start of the race was good, I followed Márquez. The first four rounds were good ". Of the 27 proposed until the checkered flag.
The boss Davide Brivio did not hide his disappointment: “ Starting from the second row, we were expecting a good result with Andrea. Then his pace slowed, and he fell. He was not attacking when he fell. We need to find out what went wrong. Two days of testing await us and we will see ».
The service was also marked by contact with Maverick Vinales : " These are things that happen, I'm not complaining. He got to me too late and if I hadn't straightened the bike, we'd both fall. It happened to him in Jerez, it happened to me in the past. These are things that happen when you ride motorcycles at 300 km/h, even if the habit is to complain about others ».
Andrea Iannone is seventeenth in the championship with an unfortunate nine points. Next deadline at Le Mans from May 19 after the test in Jerez today.
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#SpanishGP: MotoGP Ranking
1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 45m 26.827s
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 45m 32.963s
3. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17)
45m 41.594s
4. Johann zarco ENG Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
45m 44.428s
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 45m 49.740s
6. Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 45m 51.383s
7. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 45m 51.786s
8. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
45m 54.548s
9. Alex Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 45m 58.060s
10. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 46m 5.509s
11. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 46m 7.806s
12. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 46m 10.026s
13. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 46m 10.038s
14. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 46m 14.791s
15. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 46m 18.106s
16. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)*
46m 35.712s
17. Takuya Tsuda JPN Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
46m 54.277s
Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
DNF
Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)
DNF
Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) DNF
Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)
DNF
Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) DNF
Espargaro Pol ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16)
DNF
