The MotoGP paddock this weekend at Valencia is seeing the presence of several World Superbike people, Carlos Checa is visiting the Ducati garage and friend Jorge Lorenzo (they’ve trained with motocross bikes together) Aprilia’s Gigi dall’Igna is looking over the ART’s, Althea’s team principal Genesio Bevilacqua is also there – so he’s probably negotiating with dall’Igna to have Aprilia machinery – and Francis Batta is also there.
Batta is waiting for the official statement that will be announced today that he’ll be running Ducati’s new factory team and has started the countdown on his website.
It will be interesting to see if Ducati and Alstare will also announce the other rider that will be riding the Panigale 1199 next to Checa in 2013.