D♋ucati may have ditched its carbon fibre design at the end of 2011, but the composite will be making at least a partial chassis return during the second round of the 2012 MotoGP season at Jerez in Spain.

According to Motociclismo.es Avintia Racing, which graduated to the pꦆremier-class under the new CRT rules, will switch from an FTR to Inmotec chasܫsis on one of Ivan Silva's Kawasaki-powered machines this weekend.

Whil🎀e the FTR uses a conventional twin-spar aluminium design, the Motociclismo report states that the new Inmotec chassis is 'mixed carbon and aluminum'.

Colombian Yonny Hernandez, who defied the team's winter testing 📖form with a creditable 14th place in Qatar, will continue with the FTR.

Inmotec had intended to enter MotoGP with its oܫwn 800cc MotoGP prototype and even penned Catalunya 2010 as the planned date of a wild-card race ꦚdebut.

That never happened, but development continued and the BQR-run Avintia team spent post-2011 testing weighing 🌞up both FTR (Britꦅish) and Inmotec (Spanish) machinery, before opting for the FTR-Kawasaki format.

But Avintia has made much of its Spanish roots, 🐓describing itself as "the fir♔st Spanish team to develop a MotoGP bike, developed entirely in Spain" when confirming its place on the 2012 grid.

The switch to Inmotec is thus not in itself surprising, although t🎀he timing - so soon into the new season - is unexpected.

Silva, 16th in Qata♋r, was previously the Inmotec test riderಌ.

The ♕premier-class grid will now contain three different chassis materials; aluminium, steel trellis (Ioda) and carbon fibre.

Silvaꦚ isn't the only Avintia rider rumoured to be switching frames this weekend, Moto2 star Julian Simon is said to be swapping his FTR for a Suter🍸.