Bautista helped make history for Ducati last season when the factory won both the World Superbi🦄ke and MotoGP titles (Francesco Bagnaia) for the first time.

As a reward for his SBK achievements🌜, the 38-y𒁃ear-old - who was a full-time MotoGP rider from 2010-2018 with Suzuki, Gresini Honda, Aprilia and Aspar Ducati - confirmed that he will try the title-winning Desmosedici “before the summer break”.

“I asked Ducati to have a MotoGP test, but like a prize after winning the Championship last year. For sure, we will do it. I don’t know exactly when, but ⛦it will be very soon, before the summer break,” Bautista said.

Playing down rumours of a p🔯ossible MotoGP wild-card entry, the Spaniard added: “Th𒁏ere is no intention in our mind, just to do the test and enjoy the bike.

"What I see on TV, many riders can go fast with that bike so I’m curious to ride the bik🐼e. It’s five years since I rode a MotoGP bike and to remember the feeling of riding the MotoGP bike𝄹.”

Nevertheless, s𒐪hould the test go well, with Ba♑utista's World Superbike season ending in Argentina on October 15, there would still be five MotoGP rounds remaining in which to make a popular Troy Bayliss-style comeback.

Bayliss made a victorious return to MotoGP, as the reigning WorldSBK champion, in a one-off ride for Ducati at Valencia 2006 (pictured), qualifying se🌌cond on the grid and leading from start to ✨finish.

Bautista, like Bayliss, did not win a Mo♋toGP race during his full-time grand prix career - the🔯 former 125cc world champion and 250cc runner-up standing on the podium just three times in the premier class.

♊The 2023 Valencia MotoꦕGP finale will be held on November 24-26.

Ducati currently leads both the MotoGP and🎉 WorldSBK standings with Bagnaia and Bautista, the latter having lost just one of the nine Superbike races so far this season, heading into his home Barcelona round this weekend.