Ahead of this weekend’s WorldSBK Emilia-Romagna Round at Mi🧸sano, Alvaro Bautista has confir▨med that he will not continue with Ducati in 2026.

The 40-year-old, who won back-to-back 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike titles in 2022 and 2023 with Ducati, signed🅘 a contract to keep him with the Bologna factory for 2025, and which contained an option for 2026.

While Bautista told Ducati he was happy to co💙ntinue with them into 2026, the Italian brand did not want to continue on the same terms and therefore exercised their option to cancel the contract for 2026.

Alvaro Bautista explains Ducati exit

“For sure, I had signed with Ducati for 2025 and 2026,” 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista told WorldSBK.com ahead of this weekend’s Emilia-Romagna round, “but with the possibility of breaking the contract from ꦺmy side and also from their side.

“I communicated to the team that, from my side, I was happy and wanted to continue because I felt that, even with the rules (B𝐆autista is referring here to the minimum weight rules that mean he has to run ballast weight on the bike), we’re working and arriving at a good performance.

“Then, Ducati said, from their side, they don’t want to accept the conditions we s✱igned so they broke the agreement; that’s all I can say because if you want to know more about this, you have to ask Ducati.”

Despite app💟roaching hi💧s 41st birthday in October, Bautista insists that his intention is to keep racing next year.

“My intention is to keep racing because ๊I feel go൲od,” he said.

“I think, physically and mentally, I feel ready, I fe🔯el strong enou🦄gh to fight for good results.”

He added that he’s not conc🉐erned about finding another 🧸ride.

“💖I’m not really worried because I think I feel good and competitive on the bike and still my target is to keep racing,” he said.

“The conditions that me and Ducati had signed is no m✅ore. I’m free for next year.

⛎“At the moment, I’m a Ducati rider and want to do the best; to have a good weekend here at our hom♚e race and that’s all I can say.”