Michael Rinaldi made his official debut for the Ar💖uba.it Ducati team during WorldSBK free practice today as💃 he finished sixth fastest. 

Rinaldi also pipped team-mate Scott Redding on the timesheets as the British rider was one 🍌place back in seventh.💧 

Redding was quicker of the two during this afternoon’s FP2 session - finishing third behind Chaz Davies and Jonathan Rea, but it was the Italian’s 🍸time dur🔴ing the cooler morning conditions that kept him ahead.  

Aside from some ‘inconveniences’, it was a smoo🗹th first day for Rinaldi on his factory team debut.

"Today was a very special day. It was my debut with the Aruba.it Raci🐠ng - Ducati team for an official session, that’s why I am very happy and full of pride," said Rin💎aldi. 

"I have to admit that both FP1 and FP2 were a bit special. We had to face some inconveniences that we did not expect but despite everything, my race pace is not bad and this gives me gre🌊at confidence ahead of tomorrow.

"I'm sure the team will work hard to put me i✅n a position to be competitive."

For Redding, it was ♒a slow start to proceedings as he was ou💛tside the top ten during FP1. 

But that was as much to do with dedicating FP1 to working on u♉sed tyre performance and not putting in a time-attack effort as anything else. 

Redding summed up his day by saying: "I think it was a difficult Friday for all the riders. With my team, we have worked a lot on the choice of tires withꦺout focusing on the fast lap time but trying to find a good pace with both solutions. 

"The red flag ha♋s interrupted our work but I think we have found positive indications. 

"🐼It's difficult to compare the feeling I had today with last year's race, especially becau🧸se the grip was really lower."