Italian MotoGP: Iannone from Pirro in Mugello FP1
The morning after announcing he will not be with Suzuki in 2019, Andrea Iannone let his riding do the tal🐷⛦king by leading free practice 1 for his home Italian MotoGP.
Iannone moved to the top after fitting a new medium rear tyre for a final time attack, setting a 1m 48.880s to pull 0.550s clear of long-time leader Michele Pirro, the Ducati test rider competing as ওa wild-card this weekend.
Pirro was just ahead of team regular and defending Mugello winner Andreaꦬ Dovizioso, with both ri🦩ders setting their best laps at the end of their opening run, while using a soft rear slick.
The morning after announcing he will not be with Suzuki in 2019𝓡, Andrea Iannone let his riding do the talking by leading free practice 1 for his home Italian MotoGP.
Iannone moved to the top after fitting a new medium rear tyre for♊ a final time attack, setting a 1m 48.880s to pull 0.550s clear of long-time leader Michele Pirro, the Ducati test rider competing as a wild-card this weekend.
Pirro wa🌞s just ahead of team regular and defending Mu🌱gello winner Andrea Dovizioso, with both riders setting their best laps at the end of their opening run, while using a soft rear slick.
Maverick Vinales recovered from a turn one fall at the start of his very first flying lap of the weekend to claim fourth place for Yamaha, 0.742s from Iannone. Pramac's Jack Miller continued his excellent form to be the leading satelౠlite rider in fifth, using medium tyres.
World champion Marc Marquez, the quickest rider in the recent private test, was sixth (+0.782s). Like Pirro and Dovizioso, the Repsol Honda rider's ♋best lap also came at the end 🍌of his initial run, but while using medium tyres.
Rookie Fr💛anco Morbidelli made an impressive start 𒉰to his first home premier-class event with seventh (+0.958s) for Marc VDS, just ahead of VR46 Academy boss Valentino Rossi.
Dovizioso factory Ducati team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was eighth ahead of LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow, who was the final ri📖der within one-second of Iannone.
Those having a tougher than expected start to the weekend included Monster Yamaha Tech3's Johann Zarco (11th),𝕴 Suzuki's Alex Rins (12th), Pramac's Danilo Petrucci (13th), Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro (14th) and Dani Pedrosa (17th).
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 ye🐬ars and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
