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Gresini in MotoGP: move from Aprilia to Ducati
Gresini in MotoGP
Switch from Aprilia to Ducati
The Italian Gresini racing team is switching from Aprilia to Ducati in MotoGP. Gresini has signed a corresponding two-year contract.
Uli Baumann
June 21, 2021
After this Aprilia announced in April that it would operate as an independent works team from the 2022 season To start in MotoGP, the Gresini Racing team had to look for a new partner. Gresini has it with him Ducati found. Aprilia was allegedly ready for a further cooperation and Gresini was probably also in negotiations with Suzuki. Ultimately, however, the decision was made in favor of the Reds from Bologna.
The Gresini team will then step down from the MotoGP season 2022 as another Ducati satellite team on. A two-year contract was signed for 2022/23. The drivers Fabio Di Giannantonio and Enea Bastianini were named as drivers for the new Gresini-Ducati team. Team Gresini itself has a five-year contract with MotoGP.
Partner of Aprilia for seven years
“We are incredibly happy to have this agreement with Gresini Racing for the next two MotoGP seasons. At the end of last year we had already laid the foundation stone for a possible agreement with Fausto and would like to thank his family from the bottom of our hearts for driving this project forward with us. Gresini Racing has been a particularly important institution in MotoGP for many years and we are confident that this partnership, which can count on two very talented riders like Enea and Fabio, will be of great satisfaction for everyone involved,” explained Ducati manager Gigi Dall’Igna.
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For the past seven years, the Gresini team has worked with Aprilia the Aprilia RS-GP developed to the point that the model is competitive. It is not yet known who will be the driver for the Aprilia factory team from 2022. A line-up consisting of Aleix Espargaro and MotoGP returnees Andrea Dovizioso, who is already busy testing for the Italians.
Conclusion
Gresini is moving from Aprilia to Ducati in MotoGP. Ducati now has another satellite team and the future for Gresini is secured for two years. And soon another Ducati satellite team could be announced with Rossi’s VR46 team.
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