Ducati and Yamaha headline two-day WorldSBK Aragon test

Aruba.it Ducati and Pata Yamaha headline MotorLand Aragon test line-up as WorldSBK action continues today and Tuesday.
Ducati and Yamaha headline two-day WorldSBK Aragon test

Following the onl💫y Official WorldSBK pre-season test in Barcelona two weeks ago, several riders 𓄧will be in action over the next two days as preparations continue for the 2021 season opener. 

There 🧜will be five Ducati V4 R Panigale bikes on track at MotorLand Aragon, with 2020 title runner-up Scott Redding, Michael Ruben-Rinaldi, Chaz Davies, Axel Bassani and Tito Rabat all in action. 

Redding💟 was Ducati’s fastest rider at the supported test i๊n Catalunya and second only to six-time World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea. 

It was also the first track action of the year for Redding's former team-mate Davies, who made his debut for the GoEleven Ducati team♓ after recovering from a positive Covid-19 test.

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Pata Yamaha will 🅺also be in attendance with rookie Andrea Locatelli leading the team, as Toprak Razgatlioglu remains sidelined by Covid-19. 

will stand in for at the test, focusing on further development work with Yamaha’s race engineers. |

— Yamaha Racing (@yamaharacingcom)

GRT Yamaha will join the factory team on track with Garrett Gerloff and Kohta Nozane both taking part.&𓆏nbsp;

Gerloff was one of the standout performersꦆ during the Barcelona test as he finished third overall. 

It will be another important test for team-mate Nozane, who will༺ be looking to continue his adaptation to Superbike machinery follꦦowing his pre-season MotoGP outing in Qatar last month. 

Christophe Ponsson is the final WorldSBK rider that will be in action, while both GMT94 Yamaha riders Jules Cluzel and Federico Caricasul🌼o will also cont🌄inue their WorldSSP preparations. 

These two days will be valuable ones for all the ride♐rs involved, as the 2021 season opener will take place at the same venue on May 21-23. 

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