This year, Andrea Iannone returned to competition in the Superbike World Championship with Team GoEleven, riding a Ducati. His performances have been convincing, and there are even talks of a return to MotoGP in 2025 with Prima Pramac Racing. The team owner, Paolo Campinoti, has not ruled out the possibility of a test.

Rider manager Carlo Pernat told MOW Mag that he believes the Pramac leader might indeed want to bring Iannone on board, although there is uncertainty about the rider’s level after five years away from the premier class:

– In my opinion, Campinoti will indeed want to try with Andrea Iannone, especially if Ducati renews Álvaro Bautista’s contract in the factory Superbike team. I don’t know, after so many years, how competitive one can be when returning to a MotoGP bike, but I know Andrea well enough to say that if anyone can prove otherwise, it’s Andrea.

Pernat believes that, considering the complexity of organizing a test with Iannone, it is possible that Pramac might keep a spot open for some time: ‘Organizing a test with a rider who is under contract with another manufacturer is not very simple from the standpoint of the issues that arise on paper, and therefore I think it will take time. This means that there could be an open spot at Pramac until the last moment and, if necessary, it will go to a young rider that Yamaha likes a lot if things with Iannone do not happen’.

Iannone is a cherished rider for Campinoti, having made his MotoGP debut with Pramac in 2013. From there, he moved up to Ducati in 2015 before stints with Suzuki and Aprilia. At the end of 2019, he was forced to leave the championship due to a doping case, which he has always maintained his innocence about.