There is still time for Andrea Iannone before she can once again line up on the starting grid of a competition validated by the FIM, but we are still approaching the end of purgatory. His ban for doping will be lifted in December 2023, which opens the horizon for the 2024 season and beyond to resume his racing career. He will then advance towards his 35th birthday. What can he hope for? MotoGP seemed definitively lost until that door was ajar...
Andrea Iannone returning to MotoGP in 2024 is a scenario that is high odds. Since his exclusion due to doping, things have changed in this paddock which will not look kindly on a driver over 34 years old who hasn't raced for years... However, even in Grand Prix, the heart has its reasons that reason does not know. It is with this romantic spirit that Paolo Campinoti, boss of the Pramac team surprised everyone by declaring: “ I have a soft spot for Andrea Iannone, I love him and I'm sorry for what he's going through. I believe he deserves the opportunity to come back ».
Comments seen on Moto.it and which must have made one shudder Gigi Dall'Igna... " It would be a great challenge »Insists Campinoti who nevertheless pulls himself together: “ there are so many things to put in place and unfortunately it's not just me who decides. If it were up to me I would say yes because I believe that very few talents have Andrea's. He is one of the few who fought with Marc Marquez on equal terms when they were in Moto2 ». Campinoti know well Iannone who raced with Ducati Pramac in 2013 and 2014, before joining the factory team the following two years.
Andrea Iannone becomes a subject again
From his side Andrea Iannone swore that he would put on the leather again and return to battle once he was freed from his restraints. He runs as much as he can on a Aprilia, a brand that supported him until the end of the procedure, and it is noble and rare enough to be remembered. Joe the Maniac would also have WSBK to think about, even if this paddock is currently rejuvenating the average age of its starting grid.
In any case, if he returned to MotoGP, Iannone would have a natural superiority over the drivers currently in the running. And it is he himself who points it out: “ I think there are drivers who are fast and strong but they are probably not that charismatic ". But he also knows: there has been a generational change ».
