Andrea Iannone

Profile Overview

Andrea Iannone (born 9 August 1989) is an Italian professional motorcycle racer currently riding in the Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup. He is most known for competing in the MotoGP World Championship from 2013 to 2019, but has also raced in the Superbike World Championship.
After winning four races in 125 cc World Championship and finishing seventh overall in 2009, Iannone made the move to Moto2 World Championship in 2010. A further eight race wins and three consecutive third-place finishes followed in Moto2. After this, Iannone made the move up to MotoGP in 2013 with Pramac Racing on a satellite Ducati.
After spending two seasons with Pramac, Iannone was moved up to the Factory Ducati Team in 2015, managing to get three podiums, a pole position and what proved to be his best ever championship position and points tally of fifth and 188. A further four podiums and a pole position followed in 2016 including a maiden MotoGP win in Austria. After the arrival of triple MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo to Ducati, Iannone made the move to Suzuki for 2017. After a difficult first season without a podium, Iannone managed to get further four podium finishes with Suzuki in 2018.
In 2019, Iannone was given an 18-month ban by FIM and WADA for doping, which, after a failed appeal, was extended to four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, from 17 December 2019. He returned to racing in 2024, and was contracted by Ducati to race in World Superbikes for its satellite organisation Team GoEleven.