A shock announcement came from the Ducati Factory team, revealing that the Italian manufacturer has decided to no longer participate in the World Superbike Championship starting from next season in 2011. Ducati has been one of the most successful manufacturers in the series with 16 Manufacturer’s world titles and 13 Rider’s world tittles since its entry in WSBK series in 1988. The company says that the decision is part of a “specific strategy” that aims to “increase technological content in production models that will arrive in the market in the coming years.”
Ducati says, it will continue to work in collaboration with championship organizers, other manufacturers and the FIM, to define a technical regulation aimed at containing costs and will also limit is participation in the supply of machines and support to private teams. The decision has now put the current Xerox riders Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio on the lookout for a 2011 team and also a doubt on Colin Edwards rumored return to SBK aboard a Ducati
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