Andrea Iannone𒈔’s four-year doping ban will allow him to retu🎶rn to professional motorcycle racing in 2024, and he has signed with GoEleven Ducati in WorldSBK.

On Tuesday at the Jerez test, he co𝕴mple😼ted 26 laps on the Panigale V4 R.

Iannone’s best lap t♌ime was 1’41.922s - making him 11th-fastest on Tuesday - but rain ruined tജhe afternoon session.

He wore a message saying “I’m back”🐓 on his helmet and finished six-tenths behind Nicolo Bulega, the nearest Ducati to him.

Iannone r♋eacted to his return: “I’m really happy. I exited the pitlane to ride a race bike and this is a really good feeling for me. 

♏“Unfortunately for the weather but, in any case, I felt very comfortable with everybody, in the paddock and especially in the team. 

“Here in the garage, the fee🧔ling is really good. I think today is a little bit of everything, a bit confusing! 

“After a lon🍬g time, I’ve come back and🅘 the feeling with the bike is really good. 

“At Jerez, on the first lap, I thought ‘wow, one more time I’m at this track!’. The first five la🏅ps were just fun.”

Iannone will test on 𝔍Wednesday too: “We will decide on our plan later but i﷽t’s good if we ride. 

“We only have 10 days of testing and so maybe we don’t use one because I 🅠need track time in the dry. 

“We’ll see the weather and the conditio🦄n of the track when I arrive. The most important thing right now is that we are here, and we have the possibility to ride. This is the best feeling ever.”