The four riders who could replace Alvaro Bautista if he leaves Ducati

Alvaro Bautista wants to continue with D🤡ucati in W🐽orldSBK next season, but will they take a different approach?

Andrea Iannone
Andrea Iannone

Ducati have maintained that their wish is to keep 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista for the 2025 WorldSBK campaign.

Bautista ♌then confirmed he wants to stay with the Italian brand last time out in Most.

However, the two sides are reportedly far apart in terms of an agreement, which could mean a split ta✨kes place with other interesting options available toꦕ Ducati.

Speaking at Most Marco Zambenedetti, Technical Coordinator at Ducati Corse, said: “Alvaro is for sure our first choice, we have won a lot with him, and we are giving him the maximum 🅺support that we can. 

"We haven’t stopped 😼working on any area of the bike, it is a continuous improvement, but the most important thing is the dynamics of the bike, and we are working together to try and give him our꧋ best. 

"For sure others are most competitive this year, making it more difficul🎃t but we will try until the end.”

It's clear that Ducati would like to retain Bautista, but it's also clear that ꦉit takes two to finalise an agreement that works for both, some🍸thing which has not been done yet.

So who could replace Bautista if a split occurs?

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Danilo Petrucci

A factory Ducati rider in MotoGP previously, and a rider that's performing very well on Ducati machinery in W🌺orldSBK at pres🍸ent, Petrucci could be a good addition alongside Nicolo Bulega.

Petrucci has huge amounts of experience and has shown that he is still quick enough to contend for💃 big results.

Petrucci recently admitted it would be aꦗ 'dream' to 💝become a factory Ducati rider in WorldSBK, after having done so in MotoGP. 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Iannone

Like Petrucci, Iannone has shown himself to be very strong at times in 2024 as🐽 he looks to secure a factory ride in 2025.

Iannone, who was banned from racing for the last four years, has been impressive at times, although consistency has let the Italian down at ti🍸mes.

Nonethe🃏less, Iannone's talent is undoubtedly still there and with a factory bike he could be a very dangerous opponent for the likes of Toprak Razgatlioglu.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller

Jack Miller KTM
Jack Miller KTM

The wildcard on this list is Miller, with the Mo🌠toGP r♈ider currently running out of options.

Miller has struggled for much of 2024 with KTM, and while rumours of a switch to Pramac Yamaha or Trackhouse Racing are persisting, no confirmaꦏtion that he will be staying in MotoGP has been confirmed.

If Joe Roberts secures the final Trackhouse ride and Pramac opt for Mi❀guel Oliveira and a rookie from Moto2, Miller's options could be down to Hon🐻da, if they don't sign Joan Mir, but that is very unlikely.

So switching to WorldSBK could quickly become a realistic option for Miller, and with Ducati showing over the las🦹t few sea🍎sons they can win championships in the hands of Bautista, the Panigale V4 R could give the Australian the chance to be in the mix for wins right away. 

Adrian Huertas

Flying high at the head of the Worl🐽dSSP standings, the young Spaniard has been brilliant in 2024.

Similar to Bulega last season, Huert🌞as has shown tha🧜t he is ready for WorldSBK and Ducati may want to go for another youngster if they believe Bulega is their man to become a title contender going forward.

Huertas has won the la🎉st six races, including seven of the💎 last eight as he bids to become world champion in his third full season in Supersport.

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