Andrea Iannone, although confined and sentenced, continues to arouse interest. The Italian driver is still fueling hallway conversations while after the confinement imposed by this damn coronavirus, he will have to continue serving a license suspension until June 2021, due to a sentence imposed for a positive doping test. While he prepares his appeal to get rid of this sanction, Ducati reminds that he is still in his good books thanks to the Pramac team and the sporting director Paolo Ciabatti. A situation that makes Aprilia, its current employer, react…
Andrea Iannone may be motivated to appeal his conviction for a positive doping test in order to regain his right to race in MotoGP. Indeed, while he is at his lowest, he notices that he is not forgotten among Ducati, a firm that he ultimately said he regretted when taking stock of his sporting career.
His former team Pramac would be ready to collect it on one of his Desmosedici while Paolo ciabatti, sports director of the Borgo Panigale firm, leaves a door ajar for him. This would be to forget, however, that the same Iannone is not free. This is an official driver Aprilia, and Chimène's eyes made by Ducati to its pilot raise eyebrows Roman Albesian, the technical man in Noale: “ Andrea Iannone is a fascinating character. I believe every team boss would like Andrea Iannone as their driver » he specifies in an interview with GP One.
« I don't know if there are real intentions to take it from us, I hope he stays with us and I know he doesn't want to change bikes continuously, he wants to stay. I'm sorry he didn't try the new RS-GP because I think he would like it a lot. »
That being said, Albesian don't forget to also quote his other pilot in his comments Aleix Espargaro, a way of managing heightened susceptibilities… “ After clarifying that the driver problem is managed by Massimo Rivola, I say that it would be good to continue with the ones we have, they are excellent. Aleix is family, Andrea joined us recently and we can't hide that his first year with us was less good than expected. But he showed enormous potential and I believe in continuity. »
« For me, they are two fantastic guys. There are many differences between the two. Iannone is very strong in the corners, while Espargaró brakes and opens the throttle very early. Andrea is looking for a more electronically managed motorcycle, while Aleix has taken a different path. He is used to handling gas in a more direct way. I have to say that Aleix is more forgiving, he adapts a lot to the bike. »
At Aprilia, we have high hopes for the new RS-GP while on the drivers side both Aleix Espargaro thatAndrea Iannone have not decided anything about their future. During the Italian's suspension, he is the test driver Bradley Smith who did freelancing, Lorenzo Savadori being also mobilized to accomplish the Englishman's mission.
