Aprilia Racing bos♛s Massimo Rivola says he is 'baffled' by the ban handed to factory MotoGP star Andrea Iannone.

Iannone has been given an 18-month 'suspension' by the FIM after testing posit🌟ive for a steroid at last November's Malaysian Grand Prixꦆ.

The ban runs from December 17, 2019 un꧒til June 16, 2021 meaning the Italian would miss all of this year's disrupted races plus winter testing and the opening rounds of next year.

But Rivola insists Iannone should have been acquitted since 🎃judges accepted the steroid had been consumed accidentally throug൩h contaminated meat.

"The sentence leaves us baffled because of the penalty levied against Andrea, but also very satisfied in its motivations," Rivola said. "The judges recognised Andrea’s complete good faith and unawareness o🍎f assuming the substance, confirming the food contamination argument.

"For this reason, t𝔍he penalty imposed does not make any sense.

"In light of the motivations written by the judges themselves, Andrea should have been acquitted, as has always occurred to other contaminated athletes, but this situation leaves us a lot of hope for the appeal which we hope will be very qꦕuick.

: "ღSeeing my innocence [the accidental consumption through food contamination] recognised is a victory. It could have been much worse. Even if we lost the same, given the 18-month sentence...

"This is the first case of suspension fo꧂r food contamination. None of us know for sure what we eat. There is an inconsistency between the regulations and real life. The goal now is to get back on the bike as 🅰quickly as possible."

The reaction of Rivola and Iannone all but confirms an appeal will be made to t൲he Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The 168澳洲幸🐈运5官方开奖结果历史:FIM statement announcing Iannone's ban did not comment on how the drug had been ingest🔥ed.

Like mos🧔t riders, Iannone is out of con♛tract at the end of this season.