Coming from Moto2 with a world title and an excellent reputation does not necessarily mean that you hold the keys to success in MotoGP. Johann zarco or Maverick Viñales demonstrate that it is possible, but Toni Elias and Tito Rabat remain contrary examples. And the list is not exhaustive. Rabat, in fact, is in its second year of suffering among the elite. However, in Moto2, he collected victories and won a crown. But on the Honda, the graft does not take. In 2018, he will try his luck again, but with a Ducati.
A Ducati GP17 what's more, the same one that goes so well to Andrea Dovizioso and within an Avintia team whose executives he knows very well. Since it was with them that he launched his international career. But before celebrating the reunion, it is appropriate to thank, already, those we are going to leave: “ I thank the Marc VDS team for these two years in MotoGP, but also Marc van der Straten with whom I experienced four magnificent seasons marked by a title, in 2014. But the time has come to turn the page ».
And to return to his first loves, if we judge by the men who make up the Avintia team. From this return to the sources must be reborn a Rabat who does not feel in his place, at the bottom of the ranking: “ I'm happy to be able to benefit from a Ducati in this team. That's my feeling. This is a great opportunity. I will have the chance to demonstrate that I am also a competitive rider in MotoGP. I always wanted to stay in MotoGP ».
A desire that was undoubtedly also nourished Hector Barbera who will nevertheless go down to Moto2 while the current other holder Loris Baz should give up his handlebars to Xavier Simeon, fast as Croesus…
