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RIGHT ARM PAIN STOPS A GREAT COMEBACK IN RACE 2!
Big step forward on Sunday at Donington Park. The changes made after Race 1 gave positive feedbacks, making the bike more agile when changing direction and improving acceleration. Superpole Race and Race 2 saw Andrea come back with a strong pace, with overtaking and hard brakings. Unfortunately, towards the seventh/eighth lap, his right arm locked up, due to an arm pump, and three laps later he was forced to retire, abandoning the pursuit of the Top 6.
The Warm Up immediately gave a positive feeling; Once he came to the box, confirmed the progress made, so much so that he almost repeated his best lap of the weekend on used race tyres.
Warm Up:
P 1 T. Razgatlioglu 1’25.582
P 2 A. Lowes + 0.586
P 3 A. Locatelli + 0.634
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P 11 A. Iannone + 1.265
In the Superpole Race Andrea showed grit and determination. After a complicated first corner with some contacts, he started a spectacular comeback. One overtake per lap on average, sometimes even “taking” two opponents into the same corner. Once he closed with the group fighting for the Top 9 and the grid reversal, we missed a lap to complete the attacks and gain four rows for Race 2. Tenth place, but the motivation and shown upon returning to the pits underline that it could be possible to achieve a good result in the afternoon, too.
P 1 T. Razgatlioglu 14’23.681
P 2 N. Bulega + 4.826
P 3 J. Rea + 6.526
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P 10 A. Iannone + 12.828
The start of Race 2 gave further strength and motivation to the rider from Vasto. Three positions gained and two more overtakings during the first lap. Nice exchange of position with Bassani and Van der Mark, then with the track clear he set a pace in the high 26s, similar to the fight for the podium, closing the gap on the group fighting for sixth position. Behind the two GRTs, he tried the attack on Aegerter first at the Fogarty Esses, then in turn 1. There suddenly Iannone felt strong pain in his right forearm, which then was completely blocked in the subsequent laps. He tried to resist, but had to give up; upon returning to the pits he couldn’t take his hand off the handlebars and his arm was very swollen and full of fluid. It’s a shame because the Top 6 was within reach, but the most important thing is to have found again the feeling with the Panigale.
Race 2:
P 1 T. Razgatlioglu 33’11.699
P 2 N. Bulega + 8.062
P 3 A. Lowes + 10.026
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DNF A. Iannone
Next weekend we will race in Most, Czech Republic. In these three days of break, recovering energy will be very important, in the hope that the physical problem does not return. The arm pump came suddenly. Furthermore, Round 06 takes place on a new track for Andrea, recently included in the calendar, where he will have to take references again. Starting from the positive aspects of this weekend, on the road to Most morale remains high, aware of Go Eleven’s potential!
Andrea Iannone (Rider):
Denis Sacchetti (Team Manager):
“The weekend certainly didn’t repay us for the work we did, we didn’t get the results we deserved, unfortunately since Friday nothing went in the right direction and we have to accept that this was a bad weekend. Sometimes it happens, of course others will happen, the important thing is to stay focused and work. I must, however, admit that we leave here with high morale because it seems that we have found some good solutions in terms of performance and Andrea found again the feeling of the first 3 races. Luckily we are going now to Most!”
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