MotoGP Gossip: Ducati already working on 2022, Bayliss name return to SBK

- After something of a missed opportunity in 2020 and a complete overhaul of its rider line-up in the wake of both Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci’s departure, Ducati Corse team manager Davide Tardozzi says the manufacturer is already looking firmly towards 2022 with a long development plan due to the relatively few changes that can be made to the bikes between 202🉐0-2021.
“Our main revolution will be 2022 because we will be able to change things that a𝄹re now blocked – it’s about how the chassis connects with the engine.” ()
- Danilo Petrucci has giv🦂en his first interview since joining KTM, where he will compete for the Tech 3 team during the 2021 MotoGP World Championship. The ex-Ducati rider is bidding to join an elite group of riders to have won races with more than one manufacturer to f🐼ollow on from his two victories on the Desmo at the 2019 Italian MotoGP and the 2020 French MotoGP. ()
- The iconic Bayliss name is returning to Superbikes with the news Oli Bayliss - the 17-year old son of three-time WorldSBK champion and MotoGP race winner Troy Bayliss - will compete in the Austral🍃ian Superbike Championship. Moreover, the youngster, who was runner-up in the Australian Supersport Championship last year, will be keepin🌠g it in the family by competing for DesmoSport, the ASBK outfit run by Troy, riding a Ducati Panigale V4 R ()
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