After a first day marked by rain, the sunshine popped out on the Motorland circuit on Saturday and the MotoGP riders were able to complete two sessions in favourable conditions.
Suzuki rider Andrea Iannone worked hard to find the best set-up for the race with the short time he had.
The Italian did a superb job and managed to sneak into the top ten for Sunday's race.
With a warmer temperature on the asphalt of the Aragonese circuit, Iannone managed to get directly into Q2 during Free Practice 3.
His feeling with the bike has improved over the last races and the Italian rider was able to keep some soft rubber for the final round. In his attack against the stopwatch, Andrea gained a valuable tenth position that puts him in the fourth row of the grid.
“I honestly think one or two tenths better and we could have gotten it, and we probably could have advanced some positions on the grid because the lap times were pretty tight,” he said. “I failed in the T1 and I went long in the first corner; this is due to the fact that we are always at our limits and close to an error. I think we're even closer than other tracks anyway.”
“And this is more positive, besides I had fun riding and I feel I was able to try and push. We hope that tomorrow we can have a good race and be able to cut off a tenth more to be able to fight with the group.”
