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Friday in Barcelona left a bitter aftertaste for Andrea Iannone. If in the morning the Go Eleven rider showed confidence and speed with the Panigale, in the afternoon his ambitions were betrayed as The Maniac was called upon to chase.
In fact, at the end of the day the Vasto rider was seventh overall with a gap from the top of around six tenths. Apparently something did not go according to plan as he himself commented.
"This morning I managed to be very fast finding good feelings with the bike - he began - in the afternoon, however, the feelings were different. The fact is that we restarted with the exact same bike, keeping the same setup with the same track conditions . Unfortunately, I had no grip, the Ducati wasn't turning and the pace got worse. It's certainly interesting to understand why, since as mentioned we didn't touch anything on the bike. Sorry, because for the first time I think I have such bad feelings and at the moment I am not confident for the race."
Andrea then turns his gaze to tomorrow.
"We have to figure out with the technicians and engineers how to move and behave ahead of Saturday. Unfortunately, I don't have a reason for it to explain what happened. I don't think it's a problem due to the tires, but we have to evaluate carefully. This morning, with five degrees more, I was able to be fast while in the afternoon it went in the opposite direction. Obviously we are not giving up."
The Maniac therefore aims to keep morale high.
"It's not a difficult moment, I think it's normal because sometimes certain things can happen. The fact is that it cannot be explained because there is nothing that can give a reason regarding these difficulties. So the engineers will have to work in a way to understand what happened because in testing and this morning we were competitive while in the afternoon it was different."
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