Clearly, we always come back to our first loves…
Barely Alvaro Bautista does he have shone for Ducati during the Superbike tests in Jerez by responding, by 3 tenths, to the immovable Jonathan Rhea, that the Borgo Panigale MotoGP team asked the Spanish rider to stay on the Andalusian circuit to participate in the 2 days of testing on Wednesday and Thursday.
He will therefore appear alongside the 2 official drivers Andrea Dovizioso et Danilo Petrucci after replacing for the same stable Jorge Lorenzo Australia.
Usually, this role falls to Michele Pirro at Ducati, but the Italian driver is finally forced to undergo shoulder surgery this Wednesday after his huge crash at Mugello.
Alvaro Bautista will therefore work to help prepare the 2019 bike for Ducati, as will also be done in Andalusia Stefan bradl for Honda, Sylvain Guintoli for Suzuki and Bradley Smith for Aprilia. Jonas Folger, he will only return to Sepang in February for Yamaha and we have no information for KTM…
