The current Superbike world champion completed his first test aboard the new factory Ducati MotoGP bike in🌟 June, with a view to potentially making a wildcard ❀appearance later this season.

And while that remains an open possibility, Bautista’s second test at Misanꦆo is considered to be a development test for the MotoGP team, and not one that’s been set uဣp to benefit the Spaniard. 

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After winning 16 of the firs🙈t 18 races in WorldSBK this season, Bautista ran into problems at both Imola and Most.

Bautista crashed out of Race 2 in Imola as Toprak Razgatlioglu went on to win 🍌and cut into his championship lead, before a wet try gamble failed to pay off in Race 1 at Most.

Bautista finished 12th as Razgatlioglu came home in second, thus reducing his lead in the standings to under 50 points, h🔯owever, victory for Bautista in Race 2 allowed him to regain a huge chunk of points as Razgatlioglu finished the weekend scoreless after crashing out of the lead. 

Unconcerned that riding a MotoGP bike will become a distraction for t🐲he remainder ඣof the Superbike campaign, Bautista said this to .

is back on duty at Misano, this time on the Desmosedici GP bike for some testing

— WorldSBK (@WorldSBK)