Álvaro Bautista[/B] to Jorge Lorenzo at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix last season could have earned him an official motorcycle. In fact, according to Radio MARCA , the people of Borgo Panigale were so impressed that they tried to break Danilo Petrucci's contract so that Andrea Dovizioso's partner this season was the talavera.
For the Australian Grand Prix of 2018 Ducati decided to replace Jorge Lorenzo after his fall at Motorland. The dislocation of the first finger and the fracture of the second of the right foot prevented the Majorcan being in Japan, Australia and Malaysia.
Doubts about Petrucci
Precisely in Phillip Island is where Bautista got on an official Ducati, a Desmosedici GP18 with which he was fighting even with the official driver, Andrea Dovizioso , for going up to the second drawer of the podium. By then Ducati had already announced the promotion of Danilo Pretrucci from Pramac to the official team and the signing of the Talaverano as spearhead of the team in Superbikes. Bautista finished fourth that race, the Italian twelfth and doubts arose in the bosom of Borgo Panigale.
According to the sources consulted by Radio MARCA , it was then that Ducati doubted the maneuver he had made. There was talk of the possibility of making a direct barter between the two drivers and the two categories, but the truth is that they tried to back down, do without Petrucci so that Bautista could take the place in MotoGP .
Bautista triumphs in Superbikes
Finally, Álvaro is sweeping the series of the derivatives of the series with the official Ducati team, at least in the first race of the year. On the back of the new Panigale V4 the Talaverano won more than fifteen seconds of difference in the first and second races precisely in the Australian circuit. He also won the new sprint race on Sunday mornings.
The driver himself already recognized in close circles that the possibility of being in the MotoGP box dressed in red was closer than he seemed, and even today he does not close the door to return to the Paddock of the prototypes world : "When I made the decision to come to Superbikes I did it because it motivated me, because I knew I was going to be in Ducati and that they would support me to try to fight for the title ", said in MARCA MOTOR Competition for Bautista himself. "What may happen in the future we will see, for now I enjoy the present that is the only thing that can make me have the best options for the future," he said.
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