The World Superbike Championship season began with a podium in Phillip Island for Andrea Iannone. A result he managed to repeat in Barcelona, but not in Assen last weekend.
As a rookie in the championship, the Team GoEleven rider has shown himself capable of competing at the front of the pack. However, he is still unable to challenge for the win.
The Italian emphasized to GPOne.com that he needs more support from Ducati to be able to push further, but nonetheless expressed confidence in his own abilities:
– I need something more, and Ducati knows it. I spoke with [Claudio] Domenicali, [Gigi] Dall’Igna, and [Marco] Zambenedetti to explain my situation. At the moment, I’m missing that final detail that can make the difference. I have within me the knowledge of where I am and what I can give. If I were fighting for 15th place, I would have retired or given my bike to a younger man, but that’s not the case.
However, Iannone is not relying on data from other Ducati riders, and he explained why: ‘[Nicolò] Bulega has a completely different style from mine. To date, my style is closer to Álvaro’s [Bautista], but he had a different setup than mine, as he weighs 20kg less. Our styles are more or less similar because it comes from MotoGP, but there are different aspects’.