Michele Pirro will replace injured Loris Baz in the Avintia Racing team at the Grand Prix of Catalunya. The Italian rider has been the official test rider for Ducati since 2013, but he has been always in touch with the competition doing several wild cards and some other races replacing injured riders in the past few years both MotoGP™ and World Superbike. The last time out was in the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello and he finished the race in the top 10 riding a Ducati Desmosedici GP16. But in the seventh round of the MotoGP™ World Championship, scheduled for the 3rd to the 5th of June at Circuit Barcelona-Catalunya, Pirro will race the Avintia
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Ramírez, Odendaal and Scheib to defend their leads in Aragon
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Rabat undergoes successful surgery
Michael Bartholemy - Team Principal: “A fractured collarbone was a high price for Tito to pay in what looked like an innocuous crash at the Italian Grand Prix. The good news is that the damage wasn’t as extensive as first feared and that he was able to return to Barcelona quickly for treatment. The surgery, carried out by Doctors Mir and Marlet, was a success, but we need to confer with them again later this week before deciding with Tito at which race he will return. We know Tito will be keen to get back on the bike as soon as possible, but we want him to be fully fit before he does so.”...
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