BMW and Ducati: Iannone’s intentions for 2025 | FP – Hello

Iannone’s first blast

After serving a four-year ban from doping competitions, Andrea Iannone he finally returned to the saddle this season in Superbike, a category in which he had not previously gathered any experience. And the team’s Ducati Panigale V4R GoEleventhe 34-year-old from Abruzzo showed his talent in the first two rounds of the world championship, surprising everyone first with a 3rd place in his debut at Phillip Island, and then with a second place in the Superpole Race, while this in Barcelona.

Already in the middle of rumors

The first game is more convincing not only for fans and fans, but also for other teams that are starting to think about him a lot for the next season. At the moment, “The Maniac” has an option that ties him to GoEleven also for 2025, but two official teams could make an offer to Iannone, at least according to the latest rumors coming especially from Spain.

The BMW theory

One of these would be there BMW. The German company could create a luxury line composed of Iannone and the 2021 world champion. Toprak Razgatlioglu, who arrived in Bavaria just this year after his experience at Yamaha. The concept can be traced mainly to the position of the Dutchman Michael van der Mark, whose contract expires at the end of this season. In addition to that, there would also be a connection with MotoGP, due to the German company’s plan to make a debut in MotoGP in the coming years, especially after the purchase of Dorna and Liberty Media.

Return to Borgo Panigale

Another, however, will be a kind of ‘return’ of the pilot from Vasto, who in the two years 2015-2016 was the pilot of the plane. Ducati official in MotoGP. For 2025, in fact, Iannone could be considered again by the Borgo Panigale manufacturer as a replacement for the reigning world champion. Alvaro Bautista, 39 years old and his future is still unknown. The Spaniard, at the end of this season, can make a decision go back. At that time, the winner of 13 MotoGP races could be considered one of the strongest candidates to join his partner Nicolò Bulega.