Japanese GP – Iannone (4th): "We know exactly where to improve"

Andrea Iannone, 4th in the 2017 Japanese GP, is finally back to the top of the MotoGP rankings after almost a year of scarcity on the Suzuki. The Italian, absent from the Top 5 since his third place in Valencia in November with Ducati, signs in the rain his best result on the GSX-RR in front of his teammate Alex Rins. MNC Statements and Analysis.

Andrea Iannone, Suzuki (11th in qualifying and 4th in race) : "I enjoyed this race and the result is positive for us. I am delighted with the improvements made between the warm-up and the race. They allowed us to gain consistency. It was also important to accomplish that in the Japan, it is rather a good sign after the difficulties encountered this season ".

 

"We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but compared to the start of the year we know exactly where we can improve".

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Site analysis: It is an understatement to say that the first season of Andrea Iannone at Suzuki is far from the expectations placed on the defector Ducati … The Italian is completely transparent on the GSX-RR, far from being able to continue the continuous progression started by Maverick Viñales on his handlebars last year.

Five white results and a seventh place in Austin as the best result later, Iannone finds – finally – the way of the outposts with the 4th position of the GP of Japan 2017, in front of his young teammate Alex Rins. A double all the more remarkable at home for the coat of arms of Hamamatsu, third manufacturer in the standings behind Ducati (1st and 3rd with Dovizioso and Petrucci) and Honda (2nd with Marquez).

The native of Vasto – who wore a specific helmet, hit the "S" Suzuki – is however aware that a long road remains to be accomplished to transform the test…

Because certainly, Iannone and Rins enter for the first time of the season in the Top 5, but they finish with respectively 18.845 and 22.982 seconds of the winner. And this 15th race of the season took place in the rain, which does not make it easier to put everyone’s performance in perspective..

 

In addition, the fall of Valentino Rossi and the difficulties encountered by Johann Zarco (8th) and Maverick Viñales (9th) must also be taken into account, as must the withdrawal due to a tire problem for Dani Pedrosa. Four less top pilots at the outposts, this mechanically frees up space for the others !

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Still, the performance of the Suzuki pilots bodes well for the future and that it will give a good boost to the morale of Hamamatsu’s troops, who really need it. !

The opportunity also to validate the new fairings released this weekend at Motegi and that Suzuki nicknamed the "mustaches". These prominent aerodynamic appendages evoke the old fins used by Yamaha in 2016, except that their lower part is integral with the motorcycle to meet regulatory requirements..

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