Melandri Ducati Motogp

Marco melandri has stepped down from his barni racing world superbike ride after just four rounds with the satellite ducati squad.

Melandri ducati motogp. Marco melandri has stepped down from his barni racing world superbike ride after just four rounds with the satellite ducati squad. Melandri switched to the superbike world championship in 2011 earning 22 wins over six seasons. Melandri s place for the next wsbk round at barcelona will be taken by samuele cavalieri a regular in the civ italian superbike series with the barni outfit. Marco melandri quits motorcycle racing just four rounds into his comeback with the barni ducati team.

It means melandri will finally get hold of the ducati panigale v4 r the machine he hoped to ride in 2019 with the factory ducati squad only to be dropped in favour of alvaro bautista. The ducati engine seems like an unjetted ciao in retrospect i should have stayed another year in ducati red but a rider lives on sensations. I said to preziosi. Melandri 38 was brought back as a replacement for the injured leon camier at barni from august s second round of the championship at jerez despite having announced his retirement at the end of the 2019 season.

At the time melandri a three time motogp race winner and 2011 worldsbk runner up said he expected to be quick from the off on the ducati panigale v4 r a machine he thought would suit his style having questioned the manufacturer for ditching him in favour of alvaro bautista at the end of the 2018 season ahead of the bike s introduction. It is a style that is admired by melandri who partnered stoner at ducati during the 2008 motogp season saying his natural automation meant he d use his instinct into corners to go above and beyond what telemetry suggested was the more consistent route. He returned brieflyto the motogp in 2015. The one time 250cc champion and motogp race winner struggled.

Samuele cavalieri replaces the three time motogp race winner.