Aleix Espargaro hopes Andrea Iannone can "be back soon" to bring a "better balance" to the Aprilia MotoGP team as the current situation with tester Bradley Smith racing is "difficult". One-time MotoGP race winner Iannone is currently serving an 18-month doping ban after testing positive for a banned steroid during last year's Malaysian Grand Prix. His defence centred on accidental ingestion through contaminated food, which was accepted during the FIM hearing in April, but did not fully acquit him. Iannone's hearing with the Court of Arbitration for Sport to have this ban overturned began on Thursday, with the World Anti-Doping Agency seeking an increase to a...
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