Aprilia is not in a comfortable situation with its rider Andrea Iannone. Due to a positive doping test for the latter, his MotoGP program is disrupted. Because the Italian driver is portrayed as an essential part in what will be the expertise of the brand new RS-GP. A motorcycle that will make its debut in less than a month, during the Sepang tests. The boss of sports in Noale, Massimo Rivola, has already spoken about this affair and its pilot. Here is now his opinion on the more general question of controls in MotoGP…
Massimo rivola comes out of the woods on the question of doping which Andrea Iannone. was guilty, intentionally or not. We know that he supports his pilot, but that Aprilia also respects the laws. He admitted to seriously devising a plan B in the event of a long suspension of Joe the Maniac by the END. He even has an idea of the extent of a sanction, giving the impression that he knows more than he says...
But the same Rivola who had made a sensational entry into the world of MotoGP, after a career in Formula 1, by asserting himself as the leading figure of the protest against the Ducati deflector, also has a strong idea on anti-doping control in MotoGP…
In the columns of the Gazzetta dello Sport, he comments as follows: “ it's good to do the checks, but I would make them mandatory for the first three, for example. This would give the impression of a random operation, because it is currently too predictable. »
On the case Iannone, he becomes more precise: “ As far as motorcycling is concerned, a penalty for the presence of steroids would be unprecedented: it is a substance which does nothing once in the saddle. However, the objective of sport must not be lost. In Gazzetta I read an article about how eating 4 kg of spinach could cause you to test positive for ecdysterone. »
And he ends with the risk of not taking into account the influence on the performances sought in the sport practiced: “ in this case, sport only becomes a competition between those who have the best dietitian. »
