Andrea Locatelli will🐎 get his first taste of a home WorldSBK race this weekend, as Misano plays host to round three. 

Locatelli’s progression between Aragon and Estoril was an impressive one as he took his first to🦩p five finish in just his second weekend. 

Locatelli was one of a few riders to test at Misano during the pre-season, which could be important given many of the riders will be trying out the newly resurfaced layout for the first💜 time.

Speaking ahead of Friday’s FP1 session, Locatelli said: "It’👍s very nice for me to return on track at Misano in Italy – it’s the home race for me and it’s always nice because we can also have some fun during the weekend. 

"It’s important to have some balance! I am feeling good because we had a really good race 2 at Estoril. I understanꦕd more about the bike and the setup that helped me to make another step."

Locatelli's race pace has been the big reason for his four points finishes - all came in the long🐷er races - but extracting the most in qualifying is where the Italian feels he needs to improve.

"I am sure that with this 🤪we can do very well at Misano because we have been improving every race. Also Superpole qualifying will be important and I want to improve and to understand the best way to get maximum performance on the Q tyre," added Locatelli.  

"Of course the aim is to try to be in the front group and try for a good result because our way now is to improve every 🎐race and I know the Misano track very well. We will see, but we’re ready."