Andrea Ianꦫnone has been tipped to “get stuck in” on his MotoGP comeback.

Iannone returns to MotoGP for the first time in five years this weekend in Malaysia, as a replacement for Fabio di Giannantonio i🍰n the VR46 team.

It represents a remarkable return after his four-year doping ban that almost ended his motorcycle racing careerཧ.

“I am quite excited, that will 🎉be entertaining,” TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgson said.

“He w🍌on’t be afraid of saying stuff, he’ll want to get stuck in to make an 🏅impression and prove people wrong.

“The argument was between him or Nicolo Bulega. It would have more more sense to put the young Italian in, who has age🐷 on his side and could move up to MotoGP.

“But I’d rathe🎶r watch Iannone, to see how he gets on. Weܫ’ve got plenty of fast young Italians in this paddock!”

Gavin Emmett added: “He is a pretty divisiv💫e figure after his😼 ban.

“We see things from a point o꧂🐽f view outside of Italy.

“He was never a🐲ble to provide an excuse for what happened.

“People saw Iannone as a talented prospect, as we did. But the application perhaps was🍸n’t quite th🍎ere.

“The silly things that happened over the t♎imes that he was in MotoGP. “The surgery that made him miss testing…

“He almost threw away his option in MotoGP.”

Michael Laverty said: “The banned substance t🅺hat we caught taking was not performance-enhancing as a motorcycle racer, it was for the mirror! To look good!”

Emmett asked: “Has he had his opportunity? Would it have been nice to see𝄹 Bulega?”

Hodgson replied: “Of course he’s had his opportunity. It’s more of a story, isn’t it? PR-wise th😼ey’ll get more with Iannone🃏 on the bike.”

Iannone represented ꦚDucati, Suzuki and Aprilia in a seven-year Moto꧑GP stretch.

Iannone is now aged 35, and is coming off an impressive season in the Wo🔯rld Superbike Championship with the Go Eleven Ducat🌺i team.

He ended the season eighth in the stand🍸ings, after being a given a chance to return to racing after four years away.