Andrea Iannone has reconnected with the paddock at Misano and given the side effects that this has triggered, we wonder if he did the right thing in returning to what had always been his natural environment. A territory where he is now persona non grata since a sanction from the FIM prohibiting him from participating in any competition on a motorcycle. The consequence of a dark doping affair at the end of which he was condemned to vilification. Has he since reconverted, because you have to continue to do something with your life? Yes, but only partly. Because the pilot does not want to disappear…
Andrea Iannone confided in AS about his visit to Misano where the San Marino Grand Prix. If he has already admitted to having always the sacred fire, until counting the days remaining before finally serving his sentence, he completed his feeling with declared spleen. He says thus: “ it's hard to explain how I am. It's like I have something inside me that's killing me every day, because they won't let me do what I do best, which is ride a motorcycle. I miss it every day. Before I go to bed every night and when I wake up every morning, I feel like a biker and I train like one. I live like I'm a pilot ».
See colleagues on the track andAprilia so competitive is definitely not easy: “ I don't have to think about it. That's how it is for me, but I can't keep thinking about it, otherwise I'll kill myself or go completely crazy. What if I feel like the victim of injustice? Of course. What happened to me must be an example for our sport and a solution for the future must be found with the rules. You have to do something to avoid being in this situation. If someone does something wrong, obviously they should be penalized, but every sport should be different ».
Andrea Iannone: “ I live day by day«
He then adds: “ I don't know. I hope to come back, but I don't know if it will be as a pilot. It's hard to think about it now. When you have a dream, the dream stays forever, it can be paused and then recovered, but it wouldn't be right to think now whether or not to return as a pilot. I don't know what will happen in a year and a half, so many things can happen. I do what I feel every day and live day by day ».
When asked if he could still be happy, Iannone answers : " yes I'm happy. And I was happy to see how far I had come from where I started. And feeling innocent helps me, my innocence is proven. The FIM considered me innocent, I suffered from food contamination. It's not like I'm saying I'm innocent. The hair test they did for me says so ". For Iannone, time stood still when his sentence was pronounced.
