Taking part in a two-day test as a reward for winning the 2022 WorldSBK tit🐠le, Bautista has stepped back aboard GP machinery.

Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martiജn, Johann Zarco, Marco Bezzecchi and Bautista are currently spearhead✨ing Ducati’s performances in both championships, as Ducati have taken an even bigger leap forward in 2023.

• Zarco distracted by battle for the lead and nearly crashed - 📖“I was very scared🃏” 
• Martin: Bagnaia had “somethin🌳g else, but I did a bet🌠ter race”

Aside from the American GP which was won by Honda’s Alex Rins, Ducati rid﷽ers have won the other six Grand Prix',𝔉 while in WorldSBK Bautista has claimed 14 wins from 15 races.

Bautista is set to finish day-one later this afternoon in what is a reduced ♏day of testing, before completing a full day of action on Wednesday. 

While Bautisౠta has admitted that the test is purely that and nothing more, Ducati have not ruled out the possibility of a wildcard fꦰor the series leader in WorldSBK.

It’s something that could bec🧔ome even more realistic should he wrap up the title before the fi𝓡nal few rounds.