With no time to rest, Suzuki enjoyed the blissful feeling after their strong finish in Motegi while travelling to Australia, for the second of three far away races.
The 4th and 5th places secured in Japan gave the team a boost of encouragement and confidence, which they are now hoping to use to continue the improvement in performance throughout the last races of the championship.
The Australian GP will be raced at Phillip Island, starting today, on a circuit that both the Suzuki riders enjoy immensely. The peculiarity of the track should also be favourable to the characteristics of the GSX-RR, which has recently seen an improvement in performance.
โPhillip Island is a track I like,โ said Andrea Iannone. โI hope we will be lucky enough to get three sunny days, as we had enough rain in Japan. During the pre-season test we encountered some minor issues, but the pace was very good. The result in Japan gave us new hope. We are enthusiastic and it's good that we don't have a long break in between the races so that I can still enjoy the feeling from Motegi.โ
The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Phillip Island Circuit is a 4.4 km (2.76 miles) track in the very south of Australia, blessed with breathtaking scenery and beautiful ocean views. It is made up of seven left-handed and five right-handed corners and is one of the fastest, most fluid tracks on the calendar, providing some of the most spectacular racing of the MotoGP season.
Sunday's MotoGPโข GP will be raced over 27 laps for a total distance of 120.1 km (74.5 miles)
