Andrea Iannone is the maverick of the transfer market which is currently taking place in WSBK with a view to the 2024 season. Because the Italian arrives out of nowhere, since he is preparing to end his sentence suspending him from all competition for cause doping. Getting back into the deep end of a world championship won't be easy for him after four years of watching the races and not doing them. But he believes in it and he has set his sights on a World Superbike to rise from its ashes, a paddock in which he hopes to be one of the next protagonists on a Ducati...
And to convince him, Andrea Iannone proclaims to anyone who will listen that he worked a lot physically and mentally during his suspension: “It wasn't easy, but I managed to quickly regain my serenity. We have to find the psychological key. It's like when you have a bad race: you immediately want to do another one and if you can't, you go home and you train like crazy to not think about it, to motivate and be even better for the next race. This is what I have been doing for the last few years: I never stopped training, I always continued to act as if I was still a MotoGP rider »
“Now I'm doing well, let's think about 2024. It won't be easy because the level is very high. But what I like is that I feel in myself the desire to play, to sacrifice myself, because the life of a pilot is also a life of sacrifice. I hope I can get back to doing what I love: riding a motorcycle at 300 km/h , as strong as possible, feeling this freedom. It's my life He adds.
“With the mentality I have today, there are many things I would do differently . » In this sense, the pilot is clear. « I shouldn't have left Ducati. I had options: I chose one and not another, but I left my heart to Ducati. ". Precisely, it is of course an option with a Ducati Panigale V4R that he is working on. Andrea Iannone has spoken with the Barni team and communicates regularly with its driver Danilo Petrucci to encourage and position yourself. He is also close to the Go Eleven team with whom he could do a full-scale test at Misano on August 22 and 23.
No Andrea Iannone at Marc VDS Racing: “ we also want to make a good impression in the World Superbike Championship »
But we know where he won't go. Indeed, rumors presenting him as the possible second driver of a team Marc VDS, who will make his big debut in the category reserved for motorcycles from the series with a Ducati and the husband of Marina Rossi who holds the controls in the box, either Sam Lowes, the Belgian brand responded on speedweek : " we will only have one pilot with Sam Lowes ».
« We are new to WSBK and we need to create a real spare parts store and first find our way with a driver in this championship, which is new to us she adds. " Marc VDS has participated in the Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP and MotoE World Championship. We also want to make a good impression in the World Superbike Championship. Sam comes from the WSBK paddock and is looking forward to the new challenge. Of course we will consider adding a second driver in the future, but definitely not in 2024. First of all, we want to establish ourselves as a serious team in WSBK » she concludes.
