The current Superbike world champion completed his first test aboard the new factory Ducati MotoGP bike in June, with a view to potentiꦕally making a wildcard a♏ppearance later this season.

A🌼nd while that remains an open possibility, Bautista’s second test at Misano is considered to be a development test for the MotoGP team, and not one that’s been set up to benefit the Spaniard. 

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Af🧔ter winning 16 of the first 18 races in WorldSBK this season, B▨autista ran into problems at both Imola and Most.

Bautista crashed out of Race 2 in Imola as Toprak Razgatl♓ioglu went on to win and cut into his championship lead, before a wet try gamble failed tꦉo pay off in Race 1 at Most.

Bautista finished 12th as Razgatlioglu came home in second, thꦫus reducing his lead in the standings to under 50 points, however, victory for Bautista in Race 2 allowed him to regain a huge chunk of points as Razgatlioglu finished the weekend scoreless after c🐈rashing out of the lead. 

Unconcerned that riding a MotoGP bike wil🌼l become a distraction for the remainder of the Superbike campaign, Bautista said this to ﷽.

is back on duty at Misano, this time on the Desmosedici GP bike for some testing

— WorldSBK (@WorldSBK)