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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 August 1989[1] Vasto, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Team GoEleven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrea Iannone (born 9 August 1989) is an Italian professional motorcycle racer who competes in the Superbike World Championship since 2024 and competed in the MotoGP World Championship from 2013 to 2019.
Iannone returns to competition after serving a four-year ban for doping from 17 December 2019. He was initially given an 18-month ban by FIM and WADA which, after a failed appeal, was extended to four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[2] He has aspirations to return to racing in 2024,[3][4] and has been contracted to race for satellite Ducati organisation Team GoEleven in World Superbikes,[5] with his first official test at Jerez, Spain, in late October/early November 2023.
After winning four races in 125 cc World Championship and finishing 7th overall in 2009 Iannone made the move to Moto2 World Championship in 2010. A further eight race wins and three consecutive third-place finishes followed in Moto2. And then Iannone made the move up to MotoGP in 2013 with Pramac Racing on a satellite Ducati. After spending two seasons with Pramac, Iannone was moved up to the Factory Ducati Team in 2015. In 2015 Iannone managed to get three podiums, a Pole Position and what proved to be his best ever championship position and points tally of 5th and 188. A further four podiums and a Pole Position followed in 2016 including a maiden MotoGP win in Austria. After the arrival of triple MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo to Ducati Iannone made the move to Suzuki for 2017. After a difficult first season without a podium Iannone managed to get further four podium finishes with Suzuki in 2018.
- ^ "Andrea Iannone". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
motoGP appealwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Being able to race in WorldSBK in 2024 would be very nice" – Andrea Iannone worldsbk.com, 6 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023
- ^ 'Maybe one day' we will see Andrea Iannone in World Superbikes bikesportnews.com, 6 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023
- ^ THE MANIAC IS BACK: Iannone with Team GoEleven in WorldSBK for 2024 return worldsbk.com, 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023