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In today’s MotoGP gossip column Andrea Iannone has admitted he ‘suffered a lot’ with doping ban and subsequent future without MotoGP, while former 250cc world champion Marco Melandri makes headlines by joking about contracting COVID-19.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says no national flags can 'officially' be flown for Indonesia or Thailand at events including MotoGP, applies 'immediately to any Thai/Indonesian athlete/driver and/or team'.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) tells Crash.net that 'if events have already been awarded, then [Indonesia and Thailand] may remain as hosts' for MotoGP and WorldSBK.

Indonesia's National Anti-Doping Organization declared non-compliant by WADA, but Minister insists: 'please don't imagine Indonesia cannot hold international competitions'.

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's CAS appeal ends disastrously for the Italian, whose MotoGP ban is more than doubled to 4 years, almost certainly ending his premier-class career.

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.

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'.

Andrea Iannone will miss the Sepang MotoGP pre-season test as he continues to fight his anti-doping case.

Provisionally suspended by the FIM after failing an anti-doping test at the Malaysian MotoGP round on November 3, Andrea Iannone's B sample is also reported to have now tested positive.