Andrea Iannone is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who currently competes in the Moto2 world championship, for the Italian Fimmco Speed Up team.
He started on pocket bikes and became a championship front runner. He participated on the Italian and Spanish championships before moving to World Championship in 2005. On 4 May 2008 he claimed his first win at Shanghai in China under wet conditions. Until this point he had never finished higher than ninth, at the Turkish Grand Prix, and French Grand Prix in 2007, although he had qualified as high as seventh. In 2009 he won the first two races, establishing himself as a championship contender, however he faded to seventh overall, with only one more win.
For 2010 he moves up to the new Moto2 series, his first time riding anything other than an Aprilia. After a slow start he took victories at Mugello and Assen – both from pole – making him the first rider to take two poles in the class, to move up to fourth overall in the standings. He was also competitive in Barcelona, but received a ride-through penalty for overtaking Yuki Takahashi under yellow flag conditions.
