217.2mph Iannone breaks MotoGP top speed record
UPDATE: After qualifying, Brembo released figures showing an average top speed for its MotoGP riders of 361km/h (224mph) at the end of the Mugello home straight! This figure came from telemetry data, rather than a speed trap system used for official top speeds.
Saturday morning at t♑he Italian MotoGP saw Pramac Ducati's Andrea Iannone credited with a huge top speed of 349.6km/h (217.2mph) by official timing.
If confirmed, that would beat the previous MotoGP speed record of 349.3km/h (217.1mph) set by Dani Pedrosa during p💖ractice for the 2009 Mugello round on an 800cc Honda.
Iannone's nex𒈔t highest top speed this morning was a 344.7km/h (214.2mph) suggesting he may have benefitted from a slipstream to r🅺each the one-off 349.
Despite the straight line performa💎nce, Iannone was unable to improve on his Friday lap time and fini༺shed Free Practice 3 in tenth place.
Factory Ducati rider Cꦰal Crutchlow set the next highest top speed this morning at 345.4km/h (2✃14.6mph).
Pওeter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Ro𓂃ssi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
