After a rough start to the Spanish GP weekend here at the Jerez circuit, Suzuki rider Andrea Iannone felt better on the GSX-RR and clocked an impressive 1'38.744 in Q2 that will see him line up in 5th place on Sunday afternoon's grid.
In earlier practice Iannone had already improved from his Friday performance, although his feel for the bike was not yet at its best.
He had to make it through Q1 in order to enter Q2, but in the end found a healthy and reassuring confidence with the bike.
As a consequence he achieved 5th place in the classification. The result is not only important for the race but especially for his confidence.
“I think we did a great in qualifying,” he said. “I'm very happy because yesterday we had a very difficult start and we managed to recover. The bike had a bad feel to it yesterday, but we did a great job and worked it out in the right way so we could have a better performance today.”
“This is among the main strengths of Suzuki. Our group reacts very well. They never give up, and we always improve a lot. It is important for us to start from the second row. In previous races I always had a good pace in the race, but had to pay for the bad starting position, so the second row is a good chance to have a positive race. The top three riders are really strong, but we will try our best.”
