Andrea Iannone admits his one regret amid comeback talks: “I don’t believe in revenge”

Andrea Iannone has explained his one regret as he prepares to return to motorcycle racing next season.
Iannone, 2015 MotoGP. Image courtesy of
Iannone, 2015 MotoGP. Image courtesy of

His four-year doping ban will end in time to return in 2024 and Iannone is expected to join WorldSBK squad GoEleven ♛Ducati.

That mꦉove will finally allow Iannone to address a mistake made seven years ago.

“With the mentality I ha🌺ve today, I would do many things differ🔯ently,” he told . 

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“I would not have left Ducati. I had options: I chose one and not the other𒐪, ﷽but I left my heart at Ducati.”

Iannone won his only MotoGP race inও 2016 in Austria, breaking a six-year winless run for Ducati, but was dropped by the Italian manufacturer at the end of that year in favour of Jorge Lorenzo.

Iannone clattered into his teammate Andrea Dovizioso, wipin🉐g them both out from second and third in Argentina, in a notorious ꦏmoment which sealed his fate.

N🍌ow, he is negoti𒀰ating to return to Ducati in WSBK.

“For now, k♊eep your mouth shut. We are working, thinking about the near future, which is close enough,” he said. 

“In fact, the disqualification is almost over, the finish line is now💜 in sight.

“They'll give me my licence back in November!

“Therಞ🎶e are contacts, negotiations, we are talking... 

“And I am happy that there is still interest in me, it makes🌱 me proud and happy. 

“Where, how and when, whether in Superbike or MotoGP, it's still ear꧙ly to sa🃏y, but we've always worked to come back over the years." 

Iannone, Dutch MotoGP
Iannone, Dutch MotoGP

He said about his four-year doping ban: “I've certainly lost a lot in recent years, but the important thing was 🦹to react positively. I think I lived it in a dignified way.

“I don't believe in revenge, I never 🌄liked it. 

“Of course, I would like to recover many happy moments, but in rece♎nt years I have always felt free, never trapped. 

“I'm fine now, let's think about 2024. It won't be easy because the level is very high in Superbike and MotoGP, but what I like is that I feel the will to put myself on the line, to sacrifice my🦂self, because being a rider is also a life of sacrifices.

“I hope to be able to go back to doing what I love: rไiding the bike at 300km/h, as hard as possible, feel🌠ing that lightness there. It's my life.”

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