Andrea Iannone finally💫 won his first WorldSBK race in Race 1 at Aragon last weekend, but was unable to🅘 contend for the podium on Sunday.

Iannone instead battled 🅠with Garrett Gerloff for fourth position in Race 2, a result he achieved to match his result of the Superpole Race.

“With battles, it𝄹’s always good,” Iannone told WorldSBK.com of the battle between him and Gerloff for fourth in Race 2.

“In the end, races are fun when you have battles and over🦄takes.

“On the last lap, [Garrett] Gerloff tr♏ied to overtake me, but I braked really heavily, and he wanted to brake later than me.

“He w🔜ent straight on. It’s normal. Sometimes you win, somet💧imes you lose and, today, I won this battle.”

Despite missing out on ☂repeating his winning performanceꦍ from Race 1, Iannone was pleased with his Sunday overall.

“I think i🍷t was one of the best Sundays of this year,” Iannone said. “We achieved two fourth places. I pushed in theღ races on Sunday at 100 per cent and, with our potential, we got the best result.

“I’m really happy because we i🌃mproved a lot compared to Saturday; the pace improved a lot. This is important. I think we’re on a good path.”

Iannone added that his proximity at the end of the race to the factory Ducati of Nicolo Bulega — who dropped to ninth early on when he ran wide at turn 12 before recovering to t♎hird — meant he could be more motivated for the two remaining rounds of♚ the season in Estoril and Jerez.

“We were really close📖 to Nicolo [Bulega]. I think races like this improve my motivation.

“When we lose, we’re clearer on what we need to improve, and also, I understood a lot in this race; also, on the bi💟ke because we worked well.”