Official MotoGP: Rabat confirmed for two years at Avintia which does not confirm Ducati

Apparently, Tito was hot, confirmed late, and after Baldassarri announced that he would continue with Pons in Moto2. Cause and effect or not, this confirmation of the Spaniard within the Avintia team comes just after. And with a two-year lease at that. Rabat will therefore be elite until 2021. Still with a Ducati?

The answer is not given by the team which is content to talk about its driver. Rabat will remain with his current team until 2021. So far the results have not been interesting, but the parties still decided to continue together for two years.

The boss Raul Romero comments: “ It is a pleasure to announce that Tito will continue with us for the next two seasons. The team has continued to grow since its arrival in MotoGP and the next step will be to acquire factory equipment, like the rest of the independent structures participating in the championship. This is what we are working on now and also to conclude with a sponsor of the size of the project that we have prepared for the coming seasons ».

The Reale Avintia team therefore mentions its desire not to remain a purely private team equipped with rented Ducatis from last season. “ I am very happy to renew two more years with the team »Adds Rabat. " But the best news is that we will have factory equipment from 2020, so it will be very important to be able to continue fighting in every race. The MotoGP category is becoming more and more competitive and we need to have the best to achieve results. I thank Raúl for his confidence, because this year has not been easy, but in the last races we have been stronger and, with this confidence given for two more years, I will return to the top for the second half of the championship ».

The 2 Moto2014 champion has been in MotoGP since 2016 and the best result achieved so far is seventh place in Argentina in 2018. In the first seasons he raced with Marc VDS' team on a Honda with which he was not comfortable. The transition to the Avintia team on the handlebars of a Ducati allowed him to have better sensations. But at Silverstone, a serious accident forced him to miss all subsequent races. Even the start of 2019 was probably affected by these physical problems. When you fracture the femur, tibia and fibula of the right leg, it is not easy to return to perfect condition as soon as possible...