Starting from third on the grid, Andrea Iannone looked to have established himself in second place behind Nicolo Bulega in the early stages of the opening 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike race at Phillip ဣIsland on Saturday, but then dropped back to ninth before recovering to sixth.

The Go Eleven Ducati rider had shown to be the closest challenger to Bulega in terms of pace all week in Australia, but slowed at turn three on the ♕third lap of Race 1,🍎 dropping him out of contention for the victory and ultimately for the podium, too.

“I think we have the pace to fight; Nico [Nic🌊olo Bulega] has maybe one or two tenths more, but I think when you’re there it’s possible to manage,” Iannone told WorldSBK.com after finishing sixth in Race 1.

He didn’t explicitly say what the problem he had was, but made a clear indication, saying that hꦆis feeling improved after the mandatory pit stop.

“So, we struggled a lot in the first part of the race before the pit stop, so I 💜thought I had a big problem with the bike because I lost the rear m🤡any times, I risked to crash many times,” he said.

“I don’t know why because I don♚’t expect this character ﷽from the bike.

“But, in any♏ case, it’s like this, now we need to analyse all the data.

“But when we switc🙈hed for the second [stint], with the new tyres, we improved one second, so I think it’s a little bit clear.

“But, in any case, we need to check really well and understand better the ꦿsituation.”

Iannone reckoned he could have been on the podium were it not for th𒆙e ear💞ly issue.

“I lost five seconds from Nico in the first stint, aꩵnd at the end I arrived seven seconds [behind],” he said.

“Without this problem in the first stint, I think I would fight🐟 for second or third position.”