Andrea Iannone: Superpole Race ‘is like a boxing fight, it’s incredible’

Andrea Iannone sꦅays the Superpole Race in WorldSBK is like being in a b𒁏oxing match.

Andrea Iannone, Catalunya WorldSBK Race1, 23 March
Andrea Iannone, Catalunya WorldSBK Race1, 23 March

One of many WorldSBK rookies to experience the tough nature of racing in the Superpole Race, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Iannone has more than held his own.

Iannone was in contention for a podium in the short race during the season-opener, before✅ going on to claim second after a wild battle with Toprak Razgatlioglu, Alvaro Bautista and Ni🍰colo Bulega. 

Iannone took advantage of Razgatlioglu lunging to the inside of Bautista at the𒅌 final corner, sliding through on the inside to gain second away from the two-time world champion.

Speaking after Race 2 about the Superpole Race format, Iannone said: “The Sup🌌erpole Race is like a boxing fight. It’s incredible.

“Every corner everyone overtakes me and then I overtake. The short race is always like this and it’s fu😼n. I’m happy about the result and we wil🀅l see. 

“I came back now and I didn’t expect to be on this level on t🉐he second race. For sure, all the team🔥 are happy.

“We need to improve but when you ar🦩e close and for us 🍨it is important to close the gap. The last details are difficult to achieve.”

Iannone’s weekend didn’t end the way he would have wanted however, as he crashed out🏅 of fourth place.

The Italian admitted to taking risks with changes to his bike as he l♊ost front-end feeling.

In the end, I’m really happy ab🅠out the weekend,” began Iannone. “We tried to find something more compared to yesterday on the long race. 

“We found something on the rear but we 😼were in front and I struggled a little bit more with the front tyre during this second race. 

“In any case, this is the g🌌ame. We risked to improve but we didn’t improve like we wanted. But we kept the experience and information🌳.

“For me, this race was diffic🌃ult because I don’t have a lot of experience with these tyres. At the en🅰d of the weekend I learned [a lot]. But I’m happy.”

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