Although he admits his time at Go Eleven Ducati is coming to an end after the final round of the 2025 WorldSBK season, Andrea Iannone is \u201cconfident\u201d of being able to secure a place on the 2026 grid.<\/p>\n
Iannone returned to racing in 2024 with Go Eleven after four years out with a suspension for failing a drugs test in 2019. It was a successful return year, and debut season in WorldSBK, with multiple podiums and a win in Aragon.<\/p>\n
However, 2025 has been more difficult. Only one podium has come the way of Iannone, that being in Phillip Island at the start of the season, although in recent races his form has picked up and he has scored four top-six finishes in the past two rounds, including two fourth places in Aragon.<\/p>\n
Perhaps encouraged by the improvements in recent weeks, Iannone is not ready to quit World Superbike<\/a> yet.<\/p>\n \u201cAbout the future, I\u2019m really confident that next year I\u2019m on the grid, but in any case now it\u2019s early to explain everything,\u201d Andrea Iannone<\/a> told WorldSBK.com ahead of the Estoril WorldSBK (10\u201312 October).<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cBut we work and it\u2019s I think a big project but at the moment it\u2019s not possible to show a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Iannone added: \u201cI\u2019m not [able to] confirm, but for sure I know Gelete Nieto [Iannone\u2019s manager], he and my brother work strong for make the best situation for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I hope also we confirm everything as soon as possible.<\/p>\n \u201cBut in any case now I\u2019m not confirming, it\u2019s not my job, and I\u2019m focused on the last part of the championship.\u201d<\/p>\n Any continuation in WorldSBK will not be with Go Eleven, though, as Iannone confirmed on Thursday (9 October) in Estoril.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cFrom Aragon to Jerez I want to close in the best way, for sure,\u201d he told WorldSBK.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s also my last year with Go Eleven and I want to close in the best way possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cFor sure I try my maximum and try to achieve a great result.\u201d<\/p>\n MotoGP \u201cfantasy\u201d<\/p>\n A year ago, Iannone was called up to replace Fabio Di Giannantonio<\/a> in the VR46 Racing Team<\/a> aboard his compatriot\u2019s Ducati as Di Giannantonio ended his season early to undergo shoulder surgery.<\/p>\n MotoGP<\/a> returns to Sepang the week after the conclusion of the World Superbike season in Jerez, and Iannone was asked on Thursday (9 October) if there is a chance for him to replace Marc Marquez<\/a>, who suffered right shoulder injuries as a consequence of his crash in Mandalika last weekend (3\u20135 October) with Marco Bezzecchi.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cI talked with some guys in Ducati, but it\u2019s just fantasy at the moment,\u201d Iannone responded.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not official, but in any case, like I know, we are in Estoril and I\u2019m focused on this race in World Superbike.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although he admits his time at Go Eleven Ducati is coming to an end after the final round…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[111332,64,63,806,805,803,804,85,28725],"class_list":{"0":"post-203137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-andrea-iannone","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-motor","12":"tag-motor-sports","13":"tag-motosport","14":"tag-motosports","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-team-pata-go-eleven"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}