Bimota’s return to the World Superbike Championship for 2025 complicates expectations because iꦚt is a new chassis and new aerodynamics but an establi𒁏shed team and a well-known engine – a combination that Axel Bassani hopes can see him achieve a maiden WorldSBK race win.

The Italian seemed to be getting closer to a first win in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike during the 2023 season when he rode the 𒊎Motocorsa Ducati💞, but the switch to the factory Kawasaki team last year didn’t result in a step up to victory contention.

With the new Bimota KB998, though, Bassani is hopeful that h🔯e can return to contending for podiu🧸ms and possibly victories.

“I want to come back to fight for the top positions, with the top riders,” Bassani told WorldSBK.com at the recent Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team𒈔 launch.

“It’s not easy, but it’s not impossible.

“S𒈔o, I hope to be part of the game, to have fu🐷n with my mates on track, and we’ll see.

“Sure, we will fight every weekend to be our best, we will try to have a victory if it’s possible, and try to take again Bimot♏a to the top of the w🅘orld.”

Bassani found himself immediately comfortable with the KB998, as did his teammate Alex Lowes, during the winter tests, but the Italian is aware there is still work to do and progrꦜess to be made.

“The feeling wi💃th the bike was immediately 🅺good,” he said.

“Sure, we have a lot of work to do. Unfortunately, we did only three days of testing, also because we don’t have a lot of days to test, especiཧally also for the weather because it was not really nice.

“But I think we found quite a good base, but we have a lot to try and a lot to work, and I🔯 think during the season we can improve a lot.”

The swit♛ch from Kawasaki to Bimota also means that Bassani is back to representing an Italian brand after spending his first years in WorldSBK on the Ducati Panigale V4 R.

“I feel really proud,” he said. “To race again with an Italian bike in World Superbike is always special, also because this is a really special bike because t🎀he engine is from Japan and the rest of the bike is from Italy.

“So, I thin✅k it will be a﷽ really good mix, and I hope to give to Bimota and Kawasaki the results they deserve.”