Axel Bassani: Satellite MotoGP team is a “real factory team” - WorldSBK not the same

The Italian, who remains a conꦛtender for the second Aruba.it Ducati seat in 2024, says that differences between factory and satellite machines are extensive in WorldSBK, unlike MotoGP.
Bassani was refe🍸rencing Pramac Ducati and the bike Jorge Martin is on when asked why satellite teams enjoy so much more success than satellite teams in WorldSBK.
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The last Grand Prix winne💦r on a satellite bike was Martin at Sachsenring, three weeks ago, whereas in WorldSBK you have to add years after the three, not weeks.
"It’s possible but I don’t know why [satellite teams don’t win more often]. The level in Superbike is really high, and for the moment, Alvaro has a different pace🐽.
"He is the best rider with the best bike. It is impossible to beat him at the moment. For🃏 the rest of the season we will see. ♊;
"Ducati satellite team in MotoGP is a ‘real’ factory team. Here I don’t know. It’s not the same. Starting from the exhausඣt it is not the same.
"In my team, the bike is a really nice bike. But it is not the same as the factory bike. Michael says i🥂t’s the same. For hi🎐m it is the same for us it is not."
Bassani claims Donington Park can be strong WorldSBK venue for Ducati
The only circuit currently on 🐽the calendar where world champion Bautista is yet to win at in WorldSBK, Bassani expects that to change come this weekend’s races.
Asked if he thinks Ducati could struggle, Bassani said: "It’s a normal circuit. I think that Alvaro will be in the top three. I think first, because Alvaro, for the moment, is on anওother level. I think that tomorrow it will be a normal track for Ducati."
If Bassani does get his wish, which is to join the factory Ducati team, he will have done after being linked with Kawasaki who decided to keep 🧸Alex Lowes alongside Jonathan Rea.
Talking abo▨ut missing out on a pote🃏ntial factory seat, Bassani joked: "I was happy for him [Lowes]. He’s a good guy, a good rider and it’s ok.
"He’s the factory Kawasaki rider and he continues that wayꩵ꧃."