MotoGP race director Mike Webb has called Andrea Iannone “the luckiest rider I've ever seen” after the Italian narrowly avoided receiving a jump-start penalty at Mugello. TV pictures showed pole-sitter Iannone moving forward ahead of the rest of the front row in Sunday's 23-lap race. However, while Karel Abraham received a ride-through penalty for clearly jumping a substantial advantage ahead before the red lights went out, Iannone avoided a similar sanction. As Webb said, Iannone's storming start was more down to luck than judgement having got off the line at the exact moment the lights went out. “We had one genuine jump start today from Abraham,” he said. “He was clearly out of...
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