Andrea Iannone appealed against the judgment of the disciplinary court of the World Association of Motorcyclists FIM to International Court of Sports (CAS). In December 2019, he was a driver April temporarily banned racing as he was allegedly doped. It's the end of March FIM set the length of the performance ban for the Italian at 18 months.
Now the case has landed before CAS. Because even in the judgment they wrote at FIM stated to be Iannone unconsciously ingested banned substance due to food contamination, the Italian considers himself innocent. Iannone turned to the CAS in the belief that this should allow him to continue his involvement in motorcycling, and he has a completely different view of the matter. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which calls on the court to increase the ban to four years. The CAS letter also states that a date has not yet been set for the Italian's hearing.
"The associations did their job faster in all doping cases except Andrea Iannone," he said. menu director Aprilie Motorsport, Massimo Rivola: "I'm afraid that WADA wants to emphasize its importance in motorsport in this case, and FIM is just an extra in this case. This worries me mainly because we talked about the 18-month ban earlier, and WADA requires four years. I expect a hearing by the end of August at the latest, as everything has been dragging on for too long. "
"We've already suffered a lot of damage, especially because we want to keep Iannone," he said. he adds Rivola: "We know that this season is already spoiled for us, and due to WADA's request, we cannot guarantee that it will not be the same next season."
