Taking part in a two-day test as a reward for winning the 2022 Wo🍸rldSBK title, Bautista has stepped back♛ aboard GP machinery.

Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, Johann Zarco, Marco Bezzecchi and Bautista are currently spearheading Ducati’s performances in bot🧔h championships, as Ducati have taken an even bigger leap forward in 2023.

• Zarco distracted by battle for the lea🍸d and nearly crashed - “I was very scared” 
• Martin: Bagnaia had “something else, but✅ I did a better race”

Aside from the American GP which was won by Honda’s Alex Rins, Ducati riders have won the other six Grand Prix', while in WorldSBK Bautista has claim✤ed 14 wins from 15 races.

Bautista is set to finish day-one later this afternoon in whaꦛt is a reduced day of testi🐠ng, before completing a full day of action on Wednesday. 

While Bautista has admitted that the test is purely that an𓃲d nothing more, Ducati have not ruled out the possibility of a wildcard for the series leader in WorldSBK.

It’s something that could become even 🎉more realistic should he wrap up the title before the🎶 final few rounds.