Bimota’s return to the World Superbike Championship for 2025 complicates expectations because it is a new chassis and new aerodynamics but an established team and a well-known engine – a combination that Ax꧂el Bassani ꧅hopes can see him achieve a maiden WorldSBK race win.

The Italian seemed to be getting closer to a first win in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike during the 2023 seaso🌠n when he rode the Motocorsa Ducati, but the switch to the factory Kawasaki team last year didn’t result in a step up to victory contention.

With the new Bimota KB998, though, Bassani is hopꦏeful that he can return to contending for podiums and possibly 🐽victories.

“I want to come back to fight for the top pos🥂itions, with the top riders,” Bassani told WorldSBK.com at the recent Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team launch.

“It’s not easy, but it’s not impossible.

“So, I hope to be𝓰 part of the game, to have fun with my mates on track, and we’ll 🥂see.

“Sure, we will fight every weekend to be our best, we will try to have a victory if it’s possible, and try to takeܫ 🌊again Bimota to the top of the world.”

Bassani found himself immediately comfortable with the KB998, as did his teamm🍌ate Alex Lowes, during the winter tests, but the Italian💞 is aware there is still work to do and progress to be made.

“The feeling with the bike was immediatelyജ go👍od,” he said.

“Sure, we have a lot of work to do. Unfortunately, we did only three days of testඣing, also because we don’t have a lot of days to test, especially also for the weather because it was not re🌃ally nice.

“But I think we found quite a good base, but we have a lot to try and a lot to work, and I think during the season we 🅷can improve a lot.”

The switch from Kawasaki to Bimota also means that Bassani is back to representing an Italian brand after spending his first years in WorldSBK on the Ducati Panig🎃ale V4 R.

“I feel really proud,” he said💟. “To race again with an Italian bike i🎀n World Superbike is always special, also because this is a really special bike because the engine is from Japan and the rest of the bike is from Italy.

“So, I think it will be a really good m🐲ix, and I hope to give to Bimota an෴d Kawasaki the results they deserve.”