Andrea Iannone will be offered a return, says Carlo Pernat, and can “be fast” aged 35 just like Valentino Rossi
Former Ducati, Suzuki and Aprilia rider Iannone’s MotoGP career was left in ruin when he received a four-year ban due to doping but that is set to expire at the con꧑clusion of this year.
He will be eligible for the 2024 season and would retain two crucial🍌 attributes, according to Carlo Pernat - the required speed and the promotional 𓃲ability.
“Iannone i🎉s a crazy talent, four years ar🐻e not enough to bury the talent,” Pernat told .
“That always remains an🦄d in my opinion he, even if he doesn't say it, has in mind to come back.
"In this MotoGP in which 📖marketing has become predominant, I, as a marketing man, I would take a risk on Iannone.
“Maybe some team will try. Will he 🌜win? Will he be fast? I don't know, but it would💝 still be a coup from a media point of view.
"It makes me want to say that we'll see him again in𝓀 a world championship.
“Maybe it won't be in MotoGP, maybe it will be in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbikes, but someone, next year when he's finished serving his years of disqualification, will offer him a seat . I am 🐟convinced of it.
“Also because Andrea has always trained badly, he has never really disengaged fr🤡om motorsport a🔯nd, if we look, he was born in 1989. In 2024, therefore, he will be 35 years old.
“Ask Valentino Rossi if you can still be fast at 35. The Doctor, perhaps we have forgotten, was about ꩵto win a world championship at the age of 36.”
Iannone said last year to : “I'll be back. I don't know where, how and when, if in MotoGP or Superbike, but I guarantee it: I still can't fill my life with other things [o🍨ther] than the bike or the speed.
"Dancing with the Stars was like a diversion and I'm spoiled for 🦩choice for everything that’s offered to me. If I get offers from TV it means that people are interested in me, but I guarantee you that I am focused on one thing: to get back t🥂o [riding]. And I will do it.
"I kept relationships with Aprilia, m🦂y former [personal] manager Carlo Pernat and [Pramac boss] Paolo Campinoti, who are like members of the family, but races are made to win, not for true friendships.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a ꧅decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
