Iannone spent four years with Ducati in the premier class - first with Pramac then as a factory rider - between 2013-2016 but these were the dark days for th♈e famous Italian 🦄manufacturer.

A switch to Suzuki was a disaster and Iannone is now remembered for 🌺failing a doping test, resulting in a four-year ban, and h♏is life as a celebrity in Italy.

"Andrea had the misfortune to arrive in MotoGP in 2013, the worst year for Ducati and, instead, a glorious year for MarcMarquez – with whom he had foughꦐt the Moto2 title the previous year – who won his first world title in the premier class,” Marco Rigamonti told . 

“For someone like Andrea, very sure of himself, of his abilit♏ies and proud, it was difficult to accept. 

“Basically he is a gooꩲd guy, but this character sometim🐎es has pushed him to give more than 100% to win; In other cases, it did not allow him to make self-criticism, therefore to improve himself. 

“His romantic relationshi💫p♐s, then, have perhaps worsened the situation even more: finding himself on the covers of magazines and being recognised has done nothing but feed these characteristics. 

“The mꦺove to Suzuki, then, was a mistake, by his own admission: he left in the year in which Ducati was able to take a further step forward, refusing a bike for which he would have been the first rider, the reference point for development. 

“In addition, he moved to a team where heꦡ found a way of working that, immediate𒊎ly, he did not like.”

Iannone had a difficult relationship with fellow factory rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Andrea Dovizioso. But, when Iannone left, Dovizioso secured three consecutive second-place 🅠finishes.

Might Iannone’s fortune have been different if he didn’🔴t depart Ducati?

“It is [hard to say],” 🐓Rigamonti believes. “Suzuki for him was, certainly, a [problem], but history is not made with ‘ifs’. 

“There was no certainty that with Ducati he would w𓄧in. There are en🧔dless variables. 

“Just think of how Dovizioso's career has changed with Iannone's exit from the garage: with the arrival of Jorge Lorenzo, Dovi, seeing all the prob🌳lems of his new teammate, had a great injection of self-esteem that allowed him to then reach all the victories and podiums he obtained. 

“Going from chasing your teammate to beating him every Sunday, if you add that he's a five-⛄time w𒊎orld champion, gives you a lot of confidence. But, even in this case, if Iannone had stayed, we cannot know how it would have gone."

Iannone’s﷽ ban expires in December, ma🐽king him eligible for a comeback in 2024. Although returning to MotoGP is surely a step too far, he could seek offers from World Superbikes.