The Ducati 1199 Panigale is getting more testing this week at the Mugello, ahead of its public debut at the EICMA and preparing the bike before its official track debut in next year’s FIM Cup Superstock 1000 championship.
Carrying out the three day test is Troy Bayliss and Danilo Petrucci.
Petrucci was last weekend’s Superstock Imola race winner for Barni Racing Team and is currently second in the championship rankings.
The young Italian and the veteran Australian have been involved in testing Ducati’s new Superbike since the beginning, and this new test at the Italian circuit is going well according to Bayliss, who is trying to keep Ducati fans updated (trying to reveal as much as possible without incurring the wrath of Ducati) on the progess of the 1199 Panigale through his Facebook page.
On Tuesday he posted: “When old content guy meets young hungry Danilo Petrucci , he won superstock at Imola , .
Today went well , .
5 from my best lap at Mugello , that will do for now.
” Yesterday he posted, “Well , making good progress with new bike , matched my best time From 1198 in after noon when track is slower , so in the morning shall be better again , New bike is good , TB 21″And for those Ducati fans who were disappointed when they learned that the 1199 will debut only in Superstock next season and in Superbikes only in 2013, Bayliss reminded everyone that Ducati used the same criteria in 2007 with the 1098.