Day two at the Sachsenring was a challenging one for Andrea Iannone. A few minutes after the start of FP4, the Italian went long in turn 1, losing the control of his bike and crashing. Upon returning to the garage, he has immediately brought to the Clinica Mobile, where Dr. Costa and his staff promptly intervened and diagnosed a dislocated right shoulder. Both the X-ray and the scan gave negative results for fractures, but at the moment, Iannone’s recovery time is unknown.
It was an unexpected end to the day for Iannone and his T.I. Energy Pramac Racing Team, as the weekend had begun positively, and the modifications made to the bike were immediately achieving positive results, making the chances of a good grid position seem promising.
The work in the garage proceeds while the team awaits tomorrow’s final decision.
Andrea Iannone – Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Team
“I'm sorry for how it went because I felt good and we were doing a good job with the team. It might be the first weekend when every change we made has led to a small step forward that I could immediately notice. The bike has consistently responded pretty well, so I was happy. I started FP4 while I was trying a little change. I was having a good lap, even though I wasn’t really pushing too hard, and although the tyre already had 14 laps on it, I was close to my best time. Then I fell, and I'm really disappointed; I thought I could do a good race tomorrow because we’ve focused a lot on the pace, also during the test at Misano. We were getting interesting results, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to finish the work we’d planned. I'll try to be there tomorrow, but I don’t want to compromise the work we’ve done and that we still have to do. I want to thank the team and all the Clinica Mobile because they’re always helping me during these difficult moments.”
Pramac Racing Team Press Release
