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Iannone insists he couldn't have avoided Lorenzo crash

Ducati's Andrea Iannone said he could not avoid colliding with Jorge Lorenzo in the Catalan Grand Prix, as he believes the incident was caused by the Spaniard braking very early. Despite being the early race leader, reigning MotoGP champion Lorenzo dropped back to fifth as the race progressed and found himself under pressure from Iannone. The Italian, who will switch to Suzuki next year, hit the back of Lorenzo's bike under braking at Turn 10, causing the duo to crash and retire. Although he accepted his penalty of being relegated to the back of the grid at Assen, Iannone insisted he didn't brake later than usual when the incident happened. "I braked at the same point throughout the...
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