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Suspended until 17 December 2023 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for an anti-doping violation, there currently seems little hope of seeing Andrea Iannone back in the MotoGP World Championship.

Exactly how the prohibited steroid Drostanolone came to be present in Andrea Iannone's urine samples at last year's Malaysian MotoGP still remains unclear.

Andrea Iannone faces a further one month wait to hear the final verdict on his MotoGP future. The Italian's appeal against an 18-month ban handed down by the FIM was heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday.

Andrea Iannone has been handed an 18-month ban by the FIM, following positive tests for a prohibited substance during last November's Malaysian MotoGP. The ban starts from 17 December, when the positive urine test was announced, and runs until 16 June, 2021.

FIM president Jorge Viegas says he expects the International Disciplinary Court to deliver its decision on the positive doping test by MotoGP star Andrea Iannone 'very soon'.