MotoGP Le Mans: Andrea Iannone “I'm sorry for the crash, we'll try to make up for it at Mugello”
Unlucky race for the Ducati rider from Abruzzo
It's a disconsolate Andrea Iannone who speaks at the end of the MotoGP class race in Le Mans, theater of the French Grand Prix, fifth stage of the 2014 world championship. The Abruzzo rider from Team Pramac after a very good start and a contact with Hayden (who fell ) lost the front of his Desmosedici GP14 during the second lap. Here's what he told us.
“It's gone now. I had a good pace to be able to have a good race. We had also chosen the extra-soft tyre, a move that may seem "strange", but we were convinced that it was the right one."
In the first laps you had contact with Nicky Hayden, can you explain it to us?
“I'm sorry for his fall, but I didn't see him because he was behind me. Then in that contact my boot completely opened up and I don't know if I would have been able to finish the race. I'll go and apologize to him anyway."
Then you fell, how did it happen?
“My front closed, but we can't change things now.”
Now comes Mugello, where you recently went very strong in testing.
“I particularly like the track, we will try to do well, to move on.”
Photos: Alex Farinelli
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In the face of it, it shouldn't have been the turning point race in which he changed tactics and thought about bringing home the points and finishing the race, and not lying down because what matters is the ranking and if you want an official bike you also have to think about the points and the overall at the end of the year?
Mission failed, moreover the choice of the ExtraSoft immediately seemed like a gamble that would have made him throw away a decent result in the race, not even the Soft was enough for Dovizioso, let alone the ExtraSoft...