Saturday, December 19, 2009

Barbera heads to Ducati 2010 (Silly season continues...)


Friday, 21 August 2009
The news is not official yet but only lacks of the signature, Hector Barbera will be the only pilot of the newborn Team Jorge Martinez Aspar. The current pilot of April 250cc should sign a short contract, as reported by the Spanish website "Motocuatro". What slows down the negotiations were the spaces reserved for sponsors,they are Mapfre, Bancaja and Yellow Pages for Aspar Martinez and PepeTravel and 40 Principles of Barbera.

The agreement is for a season with an option for a second year, and Barbera will rise to the fifth category with Ducati on the grid. However it makes the position of Toni Elias, is still currently without a bike for 2010.