Aragon MotoGP: Andrea Iannone CAS appeal decision ‘mid-November’ | MotoGP

Andrea Iannone faces an extra one month wait to listen to the ultimate verdict on his MotoGP future.

The Italian’s attraction towards an 18-month ban handed down by the FIM was heard by the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday.

Most estimates have been {that a} verdict can be accessible after one week, however a CAS assertion stated: “The panel of arbitrators will now deliberate and finalise the Arbitral Award containing their determination. It’s anticipated to be notified by mid-November 2020.”

That timeframe would imply, even when the Italian is profitable, he may solely return in time for the Portimao season finale on November 20-22.

Iannone, who says he by chance ingested the prohibited steroid drostanolone from consuming contaminated meat throughout final 12 months’s Malaysian Grand Prix weekend, is searching for to have the 18-month ban (ranging from November 2019) annulled.

Nevertheless, WADA is pushing for the punishment to be elevated to a four-year ban, which might absolutely finish the 31-year-old’s profession.

The continued delay means Aprilia take a look at rider Bradley Smith is set to proceed instead of Iannone for each Aragon rounds and no less than the primary of the Valencia occasions.

‘Lausanne, 16 October 2020 – The Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) listening to within the attraction arbitration procedures filed by the Italian MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone and the World Anti-Doping Company (WADA) befell on 15 October 2020.

‘The panel of arbitrators will now deliberate and finalise the Arbitral Award containing their determination. It’s anticipated to be notified by mid-November 2020. The ultimate award shall be introduced on the CAS web site.

‘The proceedings concern the choice taken by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Worldwide Disciplinary Courtroom determination dated 31 March 2020 (the Challenged Resolution) through which Andrea Iannone was discovered to have dedicated an anti-doping rule violation and an 18-month interval of ineligibility was imposed on him.

‘Andrea Iannone seeks to have the Challenged Resolution annulled, whereas WADA requests that the Challenged Resolution get replaced by a brand new determination imposing a four-year interval of ineligibility on the rider.’