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 manuf🎃acturer.

A switch to Suz💦uki was a disaster and Iannone is now remem🍒bered 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 glo𒉰rious year for MarcMarquez – with whom he had fought the Moto2 title the previ🦋ous year – who won his first world title in the premier class,” Marco Rigamonti told . 

“For☂ someone like Andrea, very sure of himself, of his abilitiesඣ and proud, it was difficult to accept. 

“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 self-criticism, therefore to🍷 improve himself. 

“His rom♏antic 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 his 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 firs🍷t rider, the reference point for development. 

“In addition, he moved to a team where he found a way of working that, immediately, he did n🍰ot 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 three consecℱutive second-place finishes.

Might Iannon൲e’s fortune have been different if🍎 he didn’t depart Ducati?

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

“There was no ce🌌rtainty that with Ducati he would win. There are endless variables. 

“Just think of how Dovizioso's career has changed with Iannone's exit from the garage: with the arrival of Jorge Lorജenzo, 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 podiums 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 Iannoneဣ 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 Moto💙GP is surely a step too far, he could seek offers from World Superbikes.