Iannone replaced by Lorenzo Savadori

The Aprilia-Gresini team – which has provided unfailing support to n ° 29 since the scandal broke – must resolve to tackle without him the resumption scheduled in ten days in Sepang (Malaysia): Iannone will undoubtedly miss the start-up called "shakedown" scheduled for February 2 to 4 and probably also the real official tests from February 7 to 9.

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The Italian brand has therefore appointed Lorenzo Savadori to replace him for the first few days, while Iannone maintains the hope of returning to his post in the wake if the FIM disciplinary court lifts his suspension with immediate effect..

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Problem: FIM deliberations can take up to 45 days, well beyond the short-term deadlines targeted by Iannone and her team. And if the verdict of the international disciplinary court took so long to be announced, Andrea Iannone could also miss the first race of the season on March 6 !

Aprilia would in this case probably call on its test driver Bradley Smith to replace him at Losail, hoping, however, that Andrea Iannone does not face a sanction that would jeopardize her participation in the following 19 races … The future the fantastic transalpine, model in his spare time and only 16th last year, would then be irreparably compromised in MotoGP.

Savaodori, from electric MotoE to electrifying MotoGP !

The misfortune of some making the happiness of others, Lorenzo Savadori benefits from an unexpected initiation to MotoGP on a 2019 version of the RS-GP. The 26-year-old Italian rider, titled in Superstock 1000 in 2015, is on familiar ground at Aprilia-Gresini since he rode the MotoE of the Trentino Gresini team last year (16th).

The native of Cesena (above) was initially scheduled to compete in the 2020 season with the Pedercini team in WSBK, but is finally available following sponsorship concerns that undermine his participation in the Superbike World Championship.

His reinforcement presence alongside Aleix Espargaro and Bradley Smith in Sepang is at this stage planned for the Sepang tests only, while waiting to see more clearly in the "Iannone affair" … Stay tuned !     

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