Former MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone shares some shocking reminiscences of Ducati’s first win on the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix.
The self-proclaimed MotoGP maniac competed within the premier class from 2013 to the tip of 2019 with Ducati, Suzuki and Aprilia.
Andrea Iannone made his debut with Pramac Ducati in 2013 and was promoted to the Italian model’s manufacturing unit workforce in 2015.
Nonetheless, by mid-2016 he had already been launched by Ducati, who signed Jorge Lorenzo to associate Andrea Dovizioso the next 12 months.
Iannone took his solely victory within the premier class on the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix, ending a drought with Ducati that started in 2010.
In an interview with GP one Iannone shared a tremendous and complete recollection of that day.
“I keep in mind that time we had intercourse all evening earlier than a race,” he stated.
“I went to mattress at 5 a.m., awakened, went to the circuit, warmed up and set the quickest time, then received the race.”
After leaving Ducati on the finish of the 2016 season, Iannone’s profession steadily declined.
His first season with Suzuki proved troublesome as he selected the unsuitable engine improvement to seal the Japanese model all through the season.
Suzuki’s efficiency was such that they regained the concessions they misplaced in 2017 in 2018, and Iannone moved to Aprilia in 2019.
Iannone failed a doping take a look at throughout the Malaysian Grand Prix and was pressured to withdraw from the ultimate two races of the 2019 season.
In 2020, he misplaced his attraction on the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport and was retroactively suspended for 4 years.
This episode proved pricey for Aprilia, who caught with Iannone throughout this course of however have been subsequently unable to signal a high expertise as a substitute in 2021.
After Iannone’s suspension interval expired, he competed in World Superbike and took part within the last spherical of MotoGP on the 2024 Malaysian Grand Prix as a stand-in rider for the VR46 Ducati.
