Iannone spent four years with Ducati in the premier class - first with Pramac then as a factory rider - between 2013-2016 but ꦉthese were the dark days for the famous Italian manufa🌠cturer.

A switchꦜ to Suzuki was a disaster and Iannone is now remembered for failing a doping test, resulting in a four-year ban, and his life as aꦺ celebrity in Italy.

"Andrea had the misfortune to arrive in MotoGP in 2013, the worst year for Ducati and, instead, a glorious year for MarcMarquez – with whom he had fought the Moto2 title t😼he previous year – who won his first world title in the premier clas♓s,” Marco Rigamonti told . 

“For someone like And☂rea, very sure of himself, of his abilities 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-critic💟ism, therefore to improve himself. 

“His romant✱ic 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 char🌊acteristics. 

“The move to Suzuki, then, was a mistake, by his own admission: he lಞeft in the year in which Ducati was able to take a further step forward, refusing a bike for which he would have ✤been the first rider, the reference point for development. 

“In a🔯ddition, he moved to a team where he found a way of working that, immediately, he did not 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 consecutive second-place fiꦆnishes.

Might Iannone’s fortune have been different 🎐if he didn’t depart Ducati?

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

“There wa🥃s no certainty that with Duc♒ati 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 Lorenzo, 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 yꩵou a lot of con🍬fidence. But, even in this case, if Iannone had stayed, we cannot know how it would have gone."

Iannone’s ban expires in December, making him eligible for a co༺meback in 2024. Although re𓄧turning to MotoGP is surely a step too far, he could seek offers from World Superbikes.