We knew that Pata B&G team managers Marco Borciani and Mirco Guandalini were interested in switching from Ducati to a BMW or Aprilia for next year’s Superbike season, however the small Italian team who fields Czech rider Jakub Smrz will be make the switch for the upcoming Brno round to an Aprilia RSV4 Factory.
Jakub Smrz will now have to start anew with a completely different bike as his team who has always worked on Ducati’s.
According to Motosprint.
com Smrz is already at Brno coming to grips with the new bike by riding his father’s RSV4.
Mirco Guandalini commenting on the change: “It’s a great coup for our team and also for Aprilia.
We will finish the season with the Aprilia RSV4 and we are laying the foundations for continuing the relationship in 2011.
All this is due to our sponsors, that are giving us a big hand.
With Ducati we complained about several breakdowns, but the company didn’t give us hand and we preferred to explore new opportunities.
I think that Kuba with the four-cylinder bike can obtain results that his talent deserves.
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