Andrea Iannone reveals advice to Francesco Bagnaia: “I told him there was room to recover”
Bagnaia eventually overcame a 91-point deficit (the largest in MotoGP history) to pip reigning champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo on the final day and claim his maiden title.
But he crashed five times in 2022 and was inv🃏olved in a drink driving incident while on holiday in Ibiza.
"In💃 the summer I told Pecco that I was a bit surprised by some of h꧅is falls,” Iannone told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“But I also told him that there was room to recover. I was sure h𒈔e would come back, I expected this return: it was quick and fresh. He was very good."
Bagnaia’s journey to becoming the first Italian to become MotoGP champion since 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valentino Rossi in 2009, and Ducati’s first premier class champion since 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Casey Stoner in 2007, included Iannone.
He might have claimed the accolades that were ultimately destined for Bagnaia had the star𒆙s aligned differentlyꩵ.
Iannone remains banned from MotoGP until late-2023 after servin♉g a four-year doping ban - he has regularly claim🦂ed that he will make a comeback, although a route back in may prove impossible.
"With Ducati we have taken great satisfaction and we have traced a virtuous path," he said of his four-year spell with t🦋he team from 2013-2016 which yielded a fifth-place finiꦰsh in 2015.
"That bike was a bullet on the str🅷aights, but it had problems on other tracks.
“From there began a brutal growth and always with a very futuris🐭tic technology. I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to see what we could do together."
Iannone’s MotoGP jour✨ney ended after two seasons at Suzuki ✤and one at Aprilia. He remains sidelined as Ducati and Bagnaia claim the glory that he once dreamed of.
James was a sports journalist aꦯt Sk♎y Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
