WORLDSBK 2024 PREVIEW

BY NICK EDARDS

The greatest concern for any WorldSBK fan, well maybe not so much the Ducatista, would be that 2024 turns into another year of let’s-chase Bautista whilst he hauls off into the distance on the Aruba.it factory Ducati V4. Make no mistake, the Spaniard deserves his back-to-back titles from seasons 2022 and 2023 but it’s also fair to say that being one of the smallest guys on the grid and being on the hardest accelerating bike has worked out very nicely for him and some of his race wins have seen him a long way out front which robs us of the battles for first place that make bike racing so dramatic.