TEST 2025 | PORTIMAO
January 30, 2025
2025 TEST | PHILLIP ISLAND
February 18, 2025
The Auditorium of Aruba‘s Global Cloud Data Center in Ponte San Pietro (Bergamo, Italy) hosted the 2025 WorldSBK season launch of the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team.
It was a completely unprecedented event during which, in addition to the liveries of the Ducati Panigale V4R of Alvaro Bautista and Nicolò Bulega, were also unveiled those of the two Ducati V21L of the Aruba Cloud MotoE team and the brand new Ducati Desmo450 MX of the Aruba.it – Ducati Factory MX team of which Aruba is title sponsor in the first historical participation of the Borgo Panigale factory in the MXGP Motocross World Championship.
Led by the presentation of the two Sky Sport F1 journalist Mara Sangiorgio and Davide Camicioli, the more than 300 people present, including authorities, sponsors’ representatives, guests and media, applauded the new colours of the Ducati Panigale V4R before meeting the riders at the dinner following the ceremony.
The two-time SBK World Champion Alvaro Bautista, now in his fifth season with the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team, who will return to the track with renewed enthusiasm and increased motivation after the 2024 season in which he had to deal with a sudden change in regulations that were not easy to manage.
The time for celebrations, however, is already over. The Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team will fly in a few hours to Australia where the first round of the 2025 Superbike World Championship will be staged at Phillip Island over the weekend of 21-23 February, preceded by two days of official testing scheduled for 17 and 19 February at the iconic Australian circuit.
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ALVARO BAUTISTA
“”I am very motivated for this season which will be my fifth with the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team, the fourth in a row. Last year was more difficult than expected, but we still got positive results, finishing third in the world championship standings. It’s clear that expectations are higher this season, and if I’ve decided to continue racing, it’s because I feel I’m still physically and mentally competitive. We will try to find a good feeling right away and have fun. I thank the Aruba Racing team and Ducati for their support and commitment. I will do everything possible to reciprocate this trust by obtaining excellent results”.
