While MotoGP is suffering a hurricane caused by the blast effect of the health, economic and social consequences of the coronavirus, Andrea Iannone remains in the eye of the storm. In addition to current events, the Italian indeed has a pending case which could cost his career dearly. He is awaiting a court verdict in a positive doping test case. Confined like most of his contemporaries, he ruminates and sends a message of peace to his teammate who is angry with him, adding a sign of respect to his boss Massimo Rivola for his constant solidarity...
Le coronavirus puts things into perspective by reminding us of the fragility of everything, of all life and of every system. Enough to take stock of oneself and others and this is what the official pilot Andrea Iannone seems to want to do, confined in his apartments. While waiting for a court decision, he first remembers that his boss has always been at his side since the start of this doping affair: “ Massimo Rivola is a very important person for me, he never left me alone, this also applies to Aprilia as a whole. I think a lot of things would have been different without Massimo. »
Joe the Maniac also takes the opportunity to reach out to his teammate Aleix Espargaró and thus make peace. Relations between the two men were indeed strained after the official presentation of the team Aprilia which took place shortly before the start of the tests at Qatar. Discovering the news RS GP that he still could not drive, the Italian had mentioned that she owed a lot to his instructions. An assessment that angered the Spaniard: “ what he said is a big one lack of respect for my engineers, my mechanics, Bradley Smith and to me, because it is not true » he commented.
To rectify the situation, Iannone evolved his speech on the subject in an Instagram exchange with Max Biaggi : " I am very happy to have accomplished such important work in Noale. And above all, they believed in me from the start. Everyone at Aprilia did a great job, of course, I also include Aleix Espargaró, so that he does not feel offended. We love each other very much and we have always agreed. » Will Aleix be sensitive to this first step?
