Avintia Racing will compete with Ducati bikes from 2015 season

Spanish MotoGP team Avintia Racing has confirmed this Friday at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli during the San Marino Grand Prix- the agreement from the next season with Ducati Corse to compete with the Italian bikes. An agreement that, initially, will cover at least the 2015 and 2016 seasons and by which Avintia racing will have the Italian bikes for both of its riders. These prototypes will equip from next year the Open ECU that will be mandatory for all the MotoGP bikes from 2016, an important development work where both team and factory will be involve. Ducati will provide Avintia Racing the Desmosedici GP14. A step forward for Avintia Racing that increases its sporting aims after three hard years of working development in the Avintia MotoGP bike.

Antonio Martín (Avintia Racing President and team owner):

?First of all I want to thanks Dorna for the support; also I would like to thanks our sponsors for their support to the Avintia Racing project; and also to all the people that in these three years in MotoGP have been behind us in this period where the team has growth a lot, despite the hard moments, something that has been really important for us. After these years of sport ?suffering? we hope that we will be able to give back from 2015 all the support we have received and that we will be able to give our riders a competitive bike that let them achieve the results I think we deserve. This is a very exciting bet that we are making together with Ducati, one of the most important factories in this championship, a bet that we expect can let us make a step forward continuing with the development work in a bike?.

Gigi Dall?Igna (General Manager of Ducati Corse):

?This agreement with Avintia Racing is really important for Ducati Corsi because it will allow us to use our bike with the Open electronic before the arrival of the new regulations in 2016. Because it?s very important that we can arrive soon to this new era and that we can start as soon as possible with this development work. I have worked with Héctor Barberá during a lot of years in the beginning of his career in the championship, so I am very happy of working with him again and trying to help him to prove all the people his real skills as a rider. Obviously, I want to thanks all Avintia Racing team, specially its president, Antonio Martín, for the possibility they give us of working together. The aim is to be in the best position possible to fight for be the best bike in the Open category?.