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Johann Zarco, Tito Rabat, Avintia Ducati,
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Johann Zarco and Tito Rabat have helped Avintia Ducati🍬 launch its 2020 M✤otoGP campaign following the Sepang pre-season test.
In a presentation celebrating the team’s 20th annive🐼rsary, the launch has taken place at Andorra’s Hard Rock Café with Zarco and Rabat unveiling the squad’s 2020 colours.
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After splitting from Red Bull KTM only a few months into a two-year deal, Zarco became an 11th-hour addition to😼 the team at the expense of Karel Abraham who was sacked as Ducati opted to bring in the two-time Moto2 world champion for the upcoming season.
Both Zarco and Rabat will contest the 2020 Mo🍌toGP ﷺseason on Ducati GP19 bikes with added factory technical support.
The team has just come b🗹ack from the three-day pre-season test at the Sepang Inter🤪national Circuit where Zarco made his Ducati debut.
The French rider posted a best lap time which was 17th fastest on the combined times just 0.602s off pace-setter Fabio Quartararo on the Petronas Yamaha SRT but encouragingly within one-tenth of both factory Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso and factory Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales. Rabat ended the Sepang test 20th on the combined times and almos🌳t six-tenths of a second slower than Zarco.
The team will return to action at the final pre-season test in Qatar on February 22-24, before the Losail Internatꦫional Circuit hosts the 2020 MotoGP opener on March 8.
Zarco’s new Ducati contract expires at the end of the 2020 season, while Rabat has a deal wဣith Avintia Racing which lasts through until the end of the 2021 ca♎mpaign.
