Former MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone will watch the Valencia GP on TV. In the victories of Ducati and Aprilia there is also his hand.
Andrea Iannone will watch the last Grand Prix of 2022 from home. On the Valencia circuit Ducati and Pecco Bagnaia are close to a historic milestone chased for 15 years, after the last triumph of Casey Stoner in 2007. A long and not easy path, which found one of the turning points with the first victory of the Dall’Igna era signed by the Abruzzese driver in Austria (2016).
‘The Maniac’ ran four seasons on the Desmosedici GPbefore hijacking Suzuki in 2017 and 2018 and finally joining Aprilia in 2019. Here he established a great professional and human relationship with Massimo Rivola, CEO of the Noale company, and the other men of the Veneto brand, who at the time they did not yet have the potential to aim for the podium, but that already showed a consistent optimism.
Andrea Iannone divided between Ducati and Aprilia
Today Andrea Iannone looks with some pride at both Italian brands, at the top of the premier class, aware of having made its small but important contribution to their growth. “I’m happy for both of us: with the Ducati we got important satisfactions and marked a positive path“, He admitted in an interview with ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’. “In Aprilia we have paved the way. Obviously I will cheer for them“. Among the happiest memories of his career there will always be his first victory at the Red Bull Ring with the Red in 2016. “It was historic and incredible, a pleasure: Ducati flew there, we couldn’t lose“.
Andrea Iannone also reserves an excellent memory of his only season MotoGP with the RS-GP, before he tested positive for doping control in Malaysia. Rivola and the leaders of the Venetian House have always remained close to him, until the final sentence of the Tas of Lausanne which sentenced him to a four-year stop. “I’m just sorry I didn’t have a chance to find out what we could have done together“.
Now the world title is in the hands of Pecco Bagnaia, with Ducati close to winning the Triple Crown. A result that rewards a meticulous and valuable work that Gigi Dall’Igna has been carrying out for many years. “They have a very fast bike with which all the riders are strong and a technology often copied by the other teams: it is something that is a source of pride for the whole of Italy.“.
