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The Most weekend ended with the words of Alvaro Bautista, who declared that he would continue for 2025 and, should there be a possibility, that he would be ready to sign even by WDW. As we know, the Ducati event, scheduled for this weekend in Misano, welcomes thousands of fans from all over the world and would have been the perfect opportunity to put pen to paper in front of the red crowd.
Too bad that, barring any sensational twists and turns, this will not happen. Although Ducati has repeatedly said that the priority was the signing of Bautista and the rider himself expressed on Sunday his willingness to continue, at the moment the negotiation is on stand-by.
More than Bautista's renewal, at the moment the extension of the partnership between Aruba and Ducati is holding centrestage, because for now it seems to have stalled. To date, the agreement has not yet been reached because there are some aspects to be resolved, one above all what will be the commitment from the economic point of view by Ducati to Aruba. Until this season in fact the Rossa's SBK commitment has been supported for the most part, if not in its entirety, by Stefano Cecconi, Aruba's patron.
For its part, as Grassilli told us, Ducati would like to increase its commitment compared to the past in the production-based series, but they need to understand how much and how. Once this agreement is reached, they will then begin to think about the question of the riders with the problem represented by Alvaro Bautista.
Despite the fact that the negotiations are currently on stand-by, however, Ducati has a big surprise ready at WDW, as well as a sort of big coup. Yes, because on Thursday evening the new Panigale V4-S, with which the riders will take to the track on Saturday at the Race of Champions, will be presented.
No small gift for the thousands of Rossa fans ready to invade the Misano Circuit.
