Andrea Iannone issues warning after impressive WorldSBK test: “We have really big ambitions”
The Maniac was making his first on-track appearance since confirmi💃ng that he will join GoEleven Ducati in 2024, when his four-year doping ban is over.
He tested his Ducati on Tuesday and Wednesday - running inside the top three for much of Wednesday, b🌟efore ending in P5 with a top tಌime of 1’39.335s.
“We have really big ambitions,” he warned his rivals abou🔴t his return.
“I wa𓂃nt to come back, but I want to try to come back at a high level.
“I want to achieve these re♊sults and I want to try to arrive at the top.
♈“In any case, I know it’s reꦇally difficult because the level is really high. “Everybody is close but, I think, for us and the first test, it’s difficult to achieve a little bit more.
“The bike impressed me on the p🦩o𒁏sitive side, and also the tyres.
“They’re friendly. You felt where the l🔯imits of the tyres are and the bike and I think this is a good ꦰpoint.”
The enthusiastic Iannone was first on track on Wednesday and, althou🌞gh he was initially denied🌄 by wet weather, he eventually completed 69 laps.
I♌n a six-hour testing session, Iannone also tried Pirelli’s SCQ tyre.
“It was really fun, I enjoyed [W🌳ednesday] a lot,” he reacted.
“My feeling with th▨e bike improved exit by exit a🧔nd run by run.
“It’s really interesting because I’m a little bit surprised about the resu𒅌lt, also the feeling with the tyre and everything.
“We have a lot of work in front of us, but we start from💙 a really good point. It’s good.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports ꧑for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
