WorldSBK sensation Axel Bassani has completed his first test of 2022 after riding alon♕gside MotoGP star Marc Marquez in Portimao. 

After returning to motocross action﷽ for the first time in three months last week, Marquez completed his first on-track action since winning the Emilia-Romagn𓆉a MotoGP at the end of October. 

Marquez, who was riding a RC213V-S roa🍎d bike, was joined by his brother Alex Marquez and second-year Superbike rider Axel Bassani. 

As was the case for Marc and Alex, it wasn’t an official test for Bassani who was ridi🎶ng a road-turned-track Ducati Panigale V4 R Superbike.&ꦉnbsp;

It was also the second time that Bassani had been on-track Alex after the Ita🦩lian contested four Moto2 races in 2017, however, with the young Italian having spent much of his career in the Superbike paddock thus far, it was the🌺 first time sharing the same tarmac as eight-time world champion Marc.  

Bassani, who rem𝔍ains with Motorcorsa Ducati for the 2022 season was a one-time podium finisher during his WorldSBK debut season. 

His podium came at Catalunya when he led most of a wet race one ♎and looked on course to win before Scott Redding produced a latꦑe overtake to clinch the win.