Ducati tipped to wave goodbye to Alvaro Bautista

Reports suggest that Alvaro Bautista could be leaving Ducat꧋i🌟 at the end of the 2025 WorldSBK season.

Alvaro Bautista, 2025 Czech WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Alvaro Bautista, 2025 Czech WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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The factory Ducati WorldS🐼BK team has been tipped to split with two-time World Superbike Champion Alvaro Bautista at𒉰 the end of the 2025 season.

The contract Bautꦇista signed for the 2025 season also contains the possibility of the Spaniard continuing with Ducati in 2026.

However, according to Sky Italia, while the contract Bautista signed in 2024 to keep him w🔯ith Ducati in 2025 does include an option for 2026, it is an option which itself is subject to a clause in the deal which would allow either Bautista or Ducati to cancel the second year (2026) of the contract if exercised before July 2025.

The Italian publication reports that Ducati has opted to exercise that option and not continue with Bautista in its factory 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike team beyond 2025.

It would be the end of one of WorldSBK’s most successful relationships, with the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista-Ducati partne🌃rship having a𝔉chieved two world titles and 63 wins, including the 2019 season before Bautista first left Ducati for Honda.

Bautista himself has made it known on multiple occasions when speaking to the media that he would like to continue with Ducati in 2026 because of the new-generation Panigale V4 that is set to debut in competition next year – indeed, it was rid🐟den in an early form by Michele Pirro at the recent Misano WorldSBK test.

It is currently unclear, though, whether Bautista would have an interest in continuing in the World Supe꧟rbike Championship with a different manufacturer, nor which manufacturers would be interested in acquiring Bautista, who will be 41 by the beginning of next season.

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