Ducati have dismissed claims that they cou🧔ld prioritise Nicolo 𝓰Bulega over Alvaro Bautista next year.

Bulega finished runner-up in the World Superbike Championship in his rookie season, while teamm𓄧ate and reigning champion Bautista struggled.

BMW’s Toprak Razgatlioglu won t♏he title and will be the man to beat in 2025.

But Serafino Foti won’t implement a new policy in the Aruba.it Duca𒁏ti WSBK ജteam.

“No, no. We don’t haveꦅ Rider 1 and Rider 2,” he said.

“We have two riders, always, with the same treat🐈ment who can win the championship.

“Toprak will be strong because heཧ’s always strong.

“But our riders c🃏an be strong from the beginning.”

‘Not the right moment’

Bautista did one-and-a-half days testing, whi🥀le Bulega did just one day, of the two-day postseason WSBK test in Jerez.

Bautista rode a standard-spec version of the&🌄nbsp;Panigale V4 R in🌞 Jerez with none of his personalised set-up preferences.

Foti said: “With Alvar♎o it was important to try a different configuration.

“Because our goal was to try the feeling.

“[Wednesday] we tried a lot.𓃲 The test 🐠was so positive.

“He didn’t use any ﷺsoft tyres or development tyres, just the standard tyre to improveꦕ his feeling with the bike.

“We didn’t use the soft tyre because it’s not the right momen🔯t.

“In Janu𓃲ary we w⛄ill work on that, and work on qualifying.

“The main problem for Alvaro was qualify🦩ing, not the race where he is as good as the first two riders.”

Bautista opted against retirement ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚand will come back in 2025.

“We are in Jerez on January 22 and 23. This ℱwinter we have a lot of jobs to do,” Foti said.

“Weꦇ didn’t work on the regulations beca🅘use we are not ready.

“In January we will work on 🐻the new 𝐆spec configuration.

“Regarding Nicolo we just did one day because he finished his 𝐆programme,” Foti said.

“We worked with him🎐 only on the set-up of the bike. The result was good, we were happy. He’s ꦕready for the January test.”