For the 2011 season DFX Corse and Pata BRC Racing fused together become Pata Racing Team and fielded Noriyuki Haga riding an Aprilia RSV4 and finished 8th overall in the championship with four podiums.
So far the Verona based team run by Marco Borciani has yet to announce their plans for 2012, but according to superbiketv.
com the team will be dropping Aprilia to return to a Ducati 1098R and will once again field Nori Haga as their rider.
Always according to the Italian website, the legendary Davide Tardozzi who was axed from BMW Motorrad at the end of 2010 due to ‘irreconcilable differences’ could come out of his forced retirement to make a return to the World Superbike paddock and replace Borciani as team manager in Pata Racing in 2012.
So far these are only rumors and not have been confirmed by Pata Racing, but the first official 2012 testing date (February 20 and 21) is in a little more than two months so we expect to hear some news before then.