Ax♏el Bassani and Danilo Petrucci had also been linked with the Panigale V4R seat alo♊ngside title leader Alvaro Bautista, but Ducati has chosen to keep Rinaldi for what will be a third season at the factory team and fifth in WorldSBK.

Rinaldi, a race winner in 2020 and𝓡 🔴2021, is currently best-of-the-rest in this year's standings behind the big three of Bautista, Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea.

“Michael Rinaldi is a young rider who grew up in Superbike with Ducati and has proven time and time again that he is very fast and knows how to make the most of the potential of the Panigale V4R machine,” said Ducati Corse sporti♑ng director Paolo Ciabatti.

“That's why we are a🐓lso happy to count on him for the next Championship. With an extra year of experience with the official Aruba.it Racing - Ducati team, we are convinced that he will be able to aspire to even mo⛄re important results in 2023.”

Rinaldi has taken three podiums this season, including a season best of sec🍷ond place at the recent Magny-Cours round.

"I am very happy to race again next year for Aruba.it Racing - Ducati♎ because I firmly believe in this project,” Rinaldi said. “I am very confident that in 2023 we can reap everything we have sown together with the team⛎.

“I will be the first to work even harder, both in training and on track, to get better results and have the consistency that hꦬas been lacking so far.

“I want to 🌠thank Stefano Cecconi, Claudio Domenicali, Luigi Dall'Igna, Paol🌃o Ciabatti, Serafino Foti, and all the people who trusted in me. I can't wait to be in Barcelona to get a good result and repay this confidence. And I am sure that 2023 will be a great year for us."

Team Principal Stefano Cecconi added: "Michael hꦐas the potential to be one of the fastest riders i🌊n the World Superbike Championship and he has been able to prove it on several occasions.

“Our long journey together will be extended at least until the endꦺ of 2023, thus giving continuity and preserving the current team set-up tha🍎t is also allowing us to be first in the manufacturer and team championships.

“We believe 2023 will be for Michael the year of definitive consecration; at the same time, we are confident that during this second part of the season we’ll reap t♔he benefits of the work done so far, in terms of satisfaction and consistency of results".