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The MOTUL FIM Superbike Globe Championship gets underway in just a number of weeks and group launch season is nicely and definitely in this article, with Aruba.it Racing – Ducati the hottest to unveil their colours and bicycle for the 2022 season. Adhering to the start, riders Alvaro Bautista and Michael Ruben Rinaldi outlined their ambitions for the year with both riders aiming and the Bologna-centered producer aiming to earn the title in 2022.

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Alvaro Bautista makes a return to Ducati soon after two several years with Honda, linking up once yet again with the workforce he fought for the title with in 2019. In his debut WorldSBK period, Bautista claimed 16 wins and 24 podiums as he looked to stop Jonathan Rea’s (Kawasaki Racing Crew WorldSBK) reign. Whilst he was not in a position to assert the title in 2019, the Spanish rider is aiming substantial for his return to Ducati.

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The 37-yr-outdated stated: “I am pretty delighted to be back again in this superb crew, with Aruba.it and Ducati. It feels like a true relatives to me and getting basically the workforce I worked with in 2019 has been of paramount worth. My emotions with the Panigale V4R were being promptly pretty constructive: I feel the bike is even more well balanced than the just one I remaining. With these types of a aggressive workforce and equipment, of course the purpose is to battle for the title. I have much more encounter, I know the tyres and the structure of the competition far better, but it will even now be essential to discover from the blunders of 3 years back. Wintertime exams obtained me extremely thrilled and I just cannot wait to get on monitor at Aragon.”

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Bautista will be paired with Rinaldi for his second stint at Ducati, with Italian rider Rinaldi moving into his next campaign with the group. He claimed a few wins in his first season with the Ducati manufacturing facility group, such as two on residence soil at the Misano Planet Circuit “Marco Simoncelli”. Whilst in his next yr with the manufacturing unit team, Rinaldi has been concerned with Aruba.it Racing for many several years.

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Wanting in advance to 2022, Rinaldi stated: “The 2022 championship is about to start: it will be my second period with the official crew even even though I have been section of the Aruba.it relatives for a lot of yrs now. This is why the time has occur to reap the advantages we have sown so much. It will not be simple due to the fact the competitors is incredibly intense but I feel that these many years together can be a sound base to build anything fantastic. It will be a very critical championship both of those for me and for the team and my long run job could also count on this season. I will unquestionably give my ideal and with the assist of the group I am sure we can achieve vital final results. I’m very content and I want to thank Aruba.it, Ducati and all the sponsors who have allowed me to acquire on this interesting challenge”.

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Stefano Cecconi, Team Principal at Aruba.it Racing – Ducati, included: “We search at the 2022 WorldSBK time with higher ambition and robust dedication. The intention of our staff is to normally acquire a action ahead, 12 months immediately after 12 months, in conditions of overall performance and final results. This is the reason why we are very pleased to signify Ducati in the Planet Superbike Championship, feeling the presence and enthusiasm of the Ducatista folks on each individual circuit. We have wager on Alvaro Bautista’s return and we want to combat with him a much more fascinating year than the 2019, which gave us excellent satisfactions right after all. We firmly believe that in Michael Rinaldi and we reckon he is ready to just take that significant step forward following the regular advancement he has revealed so significantly. I would like to wish the most effective of luck to the riders and to all the customers of our groups, whose sense of belonging helps make us very pleased and pushes us to give much more and additional every single yr.”

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Luigi Dall’Igna, Ducati Corse Normal Supervisor extra: “The stage of WorldSBK is increasing every single 12 months, as nicely as the competitiveness. Obviously, this does not scare us, and on the opposite, it pushes us to give more and much more, do the job a lot more meticulously and concentrate on every single solitary element. In the 2021 Planet Championship, our workforce was the only a single to have gained at least 1 race with the two riders, and this confirms the probable of the Panigale V4 R.”

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