MotoGP Austria Qualifying: Iannone, “It's a shame about the problem with the first bike”

GP Austria MotoGP Suzuki Qualifying – Andrea Iannone achieved the tenth time in qualifying at the Red Bull Ring, a track where he triumphed with Ducati last year. The rider from Vasto was also doing well with the Suzuki, but a problem with moto1 in Free Practice 4 forced him to compete in qualifying with the second bike, which didn't have the same potential as the first. Here's what #29 had to say.

“This weekend started quite well, we managed to improve the bike a bit. It's a shame that we weren't able to exploit our potential. In FP4 I had some problems and in qualifying I used the second bike – said Andrea Iannone – This morning with the first bike I was faster than I did in qualifying. We lose a lot in acceleration due to spin. It was a disadvantage for me to use the second bike, because we had a different set-up, and I suffered a bit when braking. I lapped 3 tenths slower than this morning, which is a shame because I could have been much further ahead. We have certainly excluded the soft tire and tomorrow we will try to understand which medium or hard tire will be best for us."

Photos: Alex Farinelli