A poor start cost Andrea Iannone the chance to battle for home glory, taking third after a remarkable comeback.
Having led a number of practice sessions and shown strong race pace, eyes were focused on Andrea Iannone as Sunday’s Gran Premio D’Italia TIM commenced. From third on the grid he made a terrible start and dropped down outside the top ten, ending lap two in 11th. His race looked over before it had barely began, but the Ducati Team rider dug deep and put together a string of quick laps. By lap nine Iannone was in fifth, q…