2022 sees Ducati as MotoGP and WSBK staff champs

A dominant season for Ducati Corse because the Italian staff finishes the 2022 World Superbike Championship (WSBK) season in Philip Island, Australia, with the Staff and Constructor’s titles. After clinching the rider’s World Championship title the earlier week in Mandalika, Indonesia, Alvaro Bautista of Aruba.IT received the Superpole race earlier than cementing Ducati’s title on the trophy for the producer’s title.

This was performed in convincing vogue because the Philip Island monitor was moist after a brief downpour simply earlier than the beginning of Superpole. Nevertheless, Bautista, beginning in pole place, elected to stay with slick tyres entrance and rear inflicting him to slide to sixteenth place because the grid overtook him.

The gamble on utilizing slicks paid off for Bautista because the monitor dried, with the Spaniard quickly making his method to the entrance. Two laps from the top of Superpole, Bautista took the entrance place and went on to win the race.

A dry however red-flagged Race 2, 5 laps from the top, noticed Bautista main the pack after scrapping with Sam Lowes, Scott Redding, 2021 WSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea with Crimson pushing exhausting for a win. “What can I say: I’m actually joyful to have ended the season like this, giving nice satisfaction to the entire Aruba.it Racing – Ducati staff. I feel the Superpole Race was among the finest victories for me in World Superbike,” mentioned Bautista.

“On the grid, I spoke with Giulio (Nava) and I requested to place the slick on. I had confidence regardless that after the warm-up lap I had some doubts,” added the 37-year previous rider from Talavera de la Reina, Spain.