Ducati have dismissed claims that they could prioritise Nicolo Bulega over Alvaro Bautista next ye🐈ar.

Bulega finished runner-up in the W🐼orld Superbike Championship in his rookie season, while teammate and reigning champion Bautista struggled.

BMW’s Toprak Razgatlioglu won the title and will be the man ꦿto beat in 2025.

But Serafino Foti won’t implement a ne✅w policy in the Aruba.it Ducati WSBK team.

“No, no. We don’t have Rider 1 and Rid🐭er 2,” he said.

“We have two riders, alw𓂃ays, with the same treatment who can win the championship.

“Toprak will be strong because he’s alwꩵays strong.

“But♊ our riders can be strong from the beginning.”

‘Not the right moment’

Bautista did one-and-a-half days testing, while Bulega did just one day, of the two-day postseason WSBK te꧅st in Jerez.

Bautista rode a standard-sꦍpec version of the Panigale V4 R in Jerez with none of his personalised set-up preferences.

Foti said: “W♛ith 𒐪Alvaro it was important to try a different configuration.

“Because our goal was to try the feeling.

“[Wednesday] we trie𒊎d a lot. The test was so positive.

“He didn’t use any so🔥ft tyres or development tyres♑, just the standard tyre to improve his feeling with the bike.

“We didn’t use the soft tyre because i🌞t’s not the right moment.

“In January we will work on t♑hat, and work o♔n qualifying.

“The main problem for🐷 Alvaro was qualifying, not the race where he is as good as the fir♈st two riders.”

Bautista opted against retirement and will come back in 202🍬5.

“We are in Jerez on January 22 and 23. Thꦍis winter we have a lot of jobs to do,” Foti said.

“We didn’t work on the regulations because we are not re💧ady.

“In January we will work on the new spec🦩 cꦆonfiguration.

“Regarding Nico🐟lo we just did one day because he finished his programme,” Foti s𝔍aid.

“We worked with him only on the set-up of the bike. The result was good, we𒉰 were happy. He’s ready for th💧e January test.”