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 the famous Italian manufacturer.

A switch to Suzuki w✨as a disaster and Iannone is now remembered for failing a doping test, resulting in a four-year ban, and his 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 fought the Moto2 title the previous year – who won hi🐬s first world title in the premier class,” Marco Rigamonti told . 

“For someone like Andrea, very sure of himself꧟, of his abilities and proud, it was difficult to acc💧ept. 

“Basically he is a good guy, but this character sometimes has pushed him to give more than 100% to win; In other cases, it did not allow him to make s🍬elf-criticism, therefore to iꦆmprove himself. 

“His romantic relationships, 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 move to Suzuki, then, was a mistake, by hi🌸s 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 whe𒅌re he found a way of working that, immediately, he did not like.”

Iannone had a difficult relationship with fellow factory rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Dovizioso. But, when Iannone left, Dovizioso secured th𝔉ree consecutive second-place finishes.

Might Iannone’s fortune have been differen🍎t if he did♐n’t depart Ducati?

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

“There was no certainty that with Ducati he would win. There are endless var🍷iables. 

“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 problems of his new teammate, had a great injection of self-esteem that allowed him to then reach all the victories and pod𓃲iums he obtained. 

“Going from chasing your teammate to beating him every Sunday, if you add that he's a five-time world 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, making him eligible for a comeback in 2024. Although returning to MotoGP is surely a step too far, he could seek offers from World෴ Superbikes.