The 2025 season of MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship is just around the corner, with the Australian race marking the start in a month and all the teams starting to reveal their news. And, as we are telling you, the Team Pata GoEleven has already presented its renewed decoration and its new Ducati. Of course, the team maintains the iconic yellow and white colors that distinguish it.
One more time, Andrea Iannone He will be a fundamental part of the team. The Italian driver, who debuted in the championship last year, managed to stand out with five podiums, including a victory in Race 1 of the Tissot Aragon Round. This year Iannone He will seek to continue with that momentum and continue advancing in his successful sports career.
During the presentation of Team GoEleven 2025, Andrea He reflected on last season and anticipated the challenges that await him this year. «Our rivals will raise the level. After three or four rounds I will be able to tell you what we can aim for«,
The event also revealed that, although the team has worked hard on improvements, it is still early to evaluate their impact. With two key changes in the technical staff, including a new electronics specialist, the transalpine pilot is confident of quickly finding the necessary harmony to achieve the expected results. However, he warns that the season will be more demanding than the previous one.
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About his recent experience with Panigale V4 in Portimao, Iannone He was frank: «We cannot consider it a real test. The first day it was very cold and the second it rained. It was more of a brief training than anything else.«.
Of course, the pilot, looking ahead to next year, commented: «Now I know the tracks, the format and what each race entails. However, changes in the team and the evolution of our rivals make this season even more challenging. We have grown as a team, but now we are different. This year we start with a database that we did not have before, which should help us be more competitive from the beginning«.
As for his rivals and challenge for the upcoming SBK season, Iannone declared: «BMW will be the team to beat, Ducati will have more representation, Yamaha will be more competitive, and we will have to watch Bimota and the advances of Honda, which closed 2024 strongly«. He also highlighted that, although their bike will be similar to last year’s, they will have to make the most of the data collected to improve and stay in the fight from the beginning.
Iannone concluded: «Only after a few rounds will we know what our true potential is. Results depend on the balance between rider, team and bike, and we are working to make that package as solid as possible.«.