It is a decision that harms not only Andrea Iannone but also Aprilia. Tested positive for a doping substance. But he was declared innocent on the voluntary intention of his taking, it having been nestled in a food consumed in Malaysia, a fact proven by an expert. However, Andrea Iannone was still sentenced to 18 months of suspension. He logically appealed to be definitively exonerated before a Court of Arbitration for Sport whose political role seems to prevail more than its vocation of justice...
Andrea Iannone should he be an example against all odds and even if this seriously undermines the principle of justice? This has been an underlying question since the beginning of this case and it seems to be asserting itself a little more with this latest decision from a Court of Arbitration for Sport which seems to remove a doubt on the meaning of its name.
Because the institution seems totally under the control of a Wada anti-doping agency which does not want to lose face in this procedure Iannone. First, as part of this appeal, she requested an aggravation of the sanction pronounced at first instance up to 4 suspension. Which means the euthanasia of the pilot's career Aprilia. Then, the said agency managed to postpone the decision on the appeal until… October 15.
A delaying tactic?
To Aprilia, it is nothing other than a delaying tactic so that Iannone is already serving a sentence. But that's not all. This situation is detrimental not only to the pilot but to the company Aprilia. The latter could let go of its pilot, abandon him to his fate, but it is more attached to the values of justice than their interlocutors whose profession a priori is.
On Sky, the CEO of Aprilia, Massimo rivola, explain : " the World Anti-Doping Agency managed to get the hearing postponed to October 15, putting us and the pilot in great difficulty. We believe in Andrea's innocence, we want to wait for her, even if we run a great risk. We have to think of a strategy so as not to miss opportunities, but our intention is to wait, we believe in Andrea's innocence ". A beautiful act of faith, in the face of a political-judicial machine whose legitimacy, aim and composition as well as its financing also deserve a public inquiry.
