Race day at Mugello marked positive improvements for Andrea Iannone, who finished Sunday's race in 10th place.
Results aside, what leaves the Suzuki Ecstar Team more confident and positive is the feedback received by the rider and his capability to do battle in the pack.
After a positive warm-up (3rd), Iannone was able to maintain a competitive pace in the race and to recover some places while fighting it out with top riders. His performance allowed him to be well into the top ten for most of the race, and it was only towards the end when he gave up some tenths of seconds on the pace. This is one of the issues the team is currently looking into and analysing.
“I'm satisfied with the first part of the race,” Andrea said. “I was able to recover, overtake, and fight. Later when the tyre performance dropped, the bike changed its behaviour and I struggled to manage the situation at that time. I likewise struggled with the braking and with the cornering speed; this last one is one of the strengths of my GSX-RR, but when the tyres drop the situation changes.”
“This is something we are working on, this race itself gave us information and ideas to work on. It's sad for me not having a better performance at a circuit like Mugello, because I've grown accustomed to being very, very competitive here. The qualifying also affected the race result. Anyway we are working hard; we already have some ideas, and I hope in Barcelona we will make some more solid improvements.”
