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Tito Rabat makes surprising return to World Superbike following his split with Barni Racing Ducati. Former MotoGP rider replaces the injured Lucas Mahais at Puccetti Kawasaki.

Following former MotoGP rider Tito Rabat’ split from Barni Racing Ducati, Samuele Cavalieri will officially replace the Spaniard for the remainder of 2021.

Tito Rabat’ switch from MotoGP to WorldSBK has been a bitterly disappointing one so far, with only two top tens in 12 races; ‘The spirits? You get used to it over the years, you leave here trying not to leave unmotivated and continue.”

Tito Rabat made his return to MotoGP today as he replaced the injured Jorge Martin at Pramac Ducati. Spaniard suffers bizarre moment with his leathers after crashing at turn 13, but ‘until then, for me the day was excellent’ says former Moto2 champion. 

Officially, Ducati Corse has still only signed one rider for the 2021 MotoGP World Championship, with Jack Miller confirmed as moving from Pramac to the factory team.

Some of the MotoGP riders based in Andorra - including Fabio Quartararo, Alex Rins, Aleix and Pol Espargaró, Maverick Viñales and Tito Rabat - have completed their first track laps on a motorcycle since the coronavirus lockdown.

Tito Rabat is the only Ducati rider on the 2020 MotoGP grid that isn't directly contracted to the factory. Instead, Rabat's deal is with the Avintia team, for which he will race a year-old GP19 alongside new team-mate Johann Zarco.

Johann Zarco and Tito Rabat have helped Avintia Ducati launch its 2020 MotoGP campaign following the Sepang pre-season test.

Tito Rabat will miss this weekend's Malaysian MotoGP as he continues to struggle with a right-hand injury from the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi. The Spaniard is now turning his attention to some 'intense rehab' ahead of the Valencia finale and following post-race test.

Tito Rabat has been handed a five-second plus pit lane start penalty for the Japanese MotoGP for exceeding engine allocations. The Avintia Ducati rider sat out FP4 and qualifying in Motegi after a heavy fall during the wet FP3 session.

Tito Rabat, whose place at Reale Avintia Racing was in doubt for 2020, has re-signed to stay at the team for the next two years.

Tito Rabat claimed his second-best finish of the season with eleventh place in the German MotoGP at Sachsenring. But it may already be too late to keep his seat at the Reale Avintia team, which openly admits to seeking a 'young kid' from Moto2 to push the team forwards in 2020.

Tito Rabat plans to make his MotoGP return when winter testing gets underway at Valencia on November 20-21, but will not take part in the season-ending race weekend.

Tito Rabat’s team-mate Xavier Simeon will compete on his Reale Avintia Ducati GP17 at the Misano round with Christophe Ponsson joining the team for his MotoGP debut.

Tito Rabat has opened up on his accident suffered during the final practice session at the British MotoGP when he was struck by Franco Morbidelli’s bike and suffered a triple leg fracture which ‘twisted like an S’.

 

Full MotoGP qualifying results from Silverstone

Qualifying for the British MotoGP at Silverstone has been delayed following a nasty accident involving Tito Rabat during the final practice session in wet conditions.

It was a bittersweet post-race MotoGP test for Tito Rabat at Jerez, the Avintia Ducati rider improving both his qualifying and race pace, but knowing 'the test doesn't count' for points.

Tito Rabat continued his best ever start to a MotoGP season with a fighting eighth place in Sunday's COTA round.

Tito Rabat is looking to continue his best ever start to a MotoGP season in Austin this weekend. After a 15th place on his Reale Avintia Ducati debut in Qatar, Rabat celebrated a career-best seventh, from fourth on the grid, in Argentina.

Tito Rabat backed up his fourth on the grid start with a MotoGP best of seventh place in Sunday's Argentina MotoGP. The new Reale Avintia rider finished just half-a-second behind factory Ducati star and Qatar winner Andrea Dovizioso, riding the latest GP18 machine.

The all-new Reale Avintia line-up of Tito Rabat and Xavier Simeon have unveiled their 2018 MotoGP colours in Madrid. Former Moto2 world champion Rabat, who will race a GP17 Ducati, joins the team after spending two seasons on a Marc VDS Honda.