Andrea Iannone’s four-year doping ban will allow him to return to professional motorcycle racing in 2024, and 🔯he has signed with GoEleven Ducati in WorldSBK.

On Tuesday at the Jerez te♏st, he completed 26 laps on the Panigale V4 R.

Iannone’s best lap time was 1’41.922s - making him 11ಌth-fastest on Tuesday - but🍃 rain ruined the afternoon session.

He wore a message saying “I’m back” on his h✨elmet and finished six-tenths behind Nicolo Bulega, the nearest Ducati to him.

Iannone reacted to his 📖return: “I’m really happy. I exited the pitlane to ride a race bike and this is a really good feeling for me. 

“Unfortunately for the weather but, in any case, I felt very comfortable with everybody, in 🌟the paddock and espeꩲcially in the team. 

“Here in the garage, the feeling is really 💦good. I think today is a little bit of everything, a bit confusing! 

“After a long time, I’ve come back and the feeling with the bike🎃 is really good. 

“At Jerez, on the first lap, I thought ‘wow🐷, one more time I’m at this track!’. The first five laps were just fun.”

I𒆙annone will test on Wednesday too: “We will decide on our plan later but it’s good if we ride. 

“We oওnly have 10 days of testing and so maybe we don’t use one because I need track time in the dry. 

“We’ll see the weather and the condition 🐎of the track when I arrive. The most important thing right now is that we are here, and we have the possibility to ride. This is the best fe⭕eling ever.”