Americas GP – Iannone: "I lost too much time in the first 5 laps"

7th in the GP of the Americas, Andrea Iannone finally scored his first points of the season yesterday in Austin after two white results. MNC Statements and Analysis.

Andrea Iannone, Suzuki (11th in qualifying and 7th in race): "I am really happy because I finally managed to have a good feeling on the bike, but at the same time I am not at all satisfied with the first part of the race.. I lost too much time in the first five laps and then it was difficult to come back. I found a good rhythm, but after losing 6 or 7 seconds it was impossible to do better than what I did. There is going to be a very important test on the Monday after the Jerez race, where we will try out different configurations that it would be impossible to try on a race weekend. But it is clear that this weekend, and especially this morning, we learned a lot of tips that will be very useful for us to arrive well prepared in Spain ".

Site analysis: In accordance with his objective (read), the defector Ducati finally scored his first points yesterday on the Texan circuit! The Italian therefore points to a disappointing, with 9 modest points which, however, prove invaluable for Suzuki insofar as Alex Rins, who found the circuit of his, could not take the start because of his …

The unfortunate Spanish beginner suffers from a fracture of the left wrist which will immobilize him for 4 to 6 weeks … As a reminder, Rins had already done his first laps on the Suzuki in Valencia last fall and was coming out of an ankle injury following a! Suffice to say that his start among the elite takes place in pain, especially since he also had …

It remains to be seen whether Suzuki will replace him – and by whom – as he will not compete in the next race scheduled for Jerez on May 7, nor probably the French GP which follows on May 21. Even the Italian GP on June 4 could be put in brackets depending on the actual length of his convalescence. MNC’s little finger suggests the probable use of a Japanese test rider to replace the No.42, not really varnished for his first season in MotoGP.

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