Andrea Iannone looking for “something more” in 2025 WorldSBK contract talks
“It’s really complicated because I have a really clear thought for what I need next yearꦅ.”

Andrea Iannone’s 2024 return to racing has, generally speaking, been successful, but the Italian ⭕is looking to ta🐬ke a step forward in 2025.
Although Iannone has secured multiple podium finishes in 2024 with the Go Eleven Ducati team, he has not ꦡyet won a race.
To do so in 2025, Iannone believes he needs something additional on the technical side of his programm꧋e.
Iannone’s desire for🅰 better equipment than what he currently has has complicated h🐎is 2025 contract negotiations.
“I think the situation is not easy,” Iannone told WorldSBK.com. “It’s really complicated because I have a really clear thought for what I need next y💮e♕ar.
“I need something more than what I have now. Everything needs to be one step more. We will see, I don’t know. I have something on the table𒊎 but it’s difficult to decide. I’m not sure if I leave Team GoEleven or stay. It’s difficult to decide. I try for my best outside of the track for making the best for next year. In case I get what I need, I’ll stay in WorldSBK. In case I don’t, maybe I’ll stay at home.”
The uncertainty for Iannone spreads to his team, for which the Italian is seem♑ingly its first choice of rider for 2025.
“This is the question everyone would like an answer to… me too,” sa♏id Deni﷽s Sacchetti, Go Eleven Ducati team manager.
“I still don’t kno💛w what our future will be with the line-up. Andrea [Iannone] hasn’t made a deci🐓sion yet about his future.
“We’re speaking🌄 with h🧔im, and we want to keep him free to decide about his future.
“This weekend, I hope wi♓ll be a crucial weekend for us and the team. I hope to be able to say something as soon as possible.”
While things off-track are uncertain for the Go Eleven team and for Iannone, on-track in ♍Cremona things were clearly positive on Friday at the Ita🐬lian Round, Iannone finishing the day in fifth place.
“It wasn’t so bad,” Iannone said of✨ his Friday at Cremona. “We started at a track that I ꦿknow. The last three or four tracks, I struggled a little bit, because they were all new for me.
“When I a꧃rrive like this, wit🤪hout references, it’s a little bit difficult.
﷽“We started well and the feeling isn’t bad. We need to 𓆉improve some things. We struggled a little bit today on the electronics side.
“In any case, we have a clear idea where we need to improve f🅺or tomorrow.
“It’s not 💞only this thing, but we also need to adjust the bike a little bit at that poin🦂t, and we try to improve every area a little bit.”
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