The Aruba.it Racing Ducati squad has pulled the wraps off its 2018 World Superbike challenger, the final Panigale R, alongside rid🍨ers Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri.

The factory Ducati squওad lost out on the 2017 World Superbike titles to Kawasaki but Davies produced a strong late season charge to take 💝the runner-up spot in the riders’ championship behind triple world champion Jonathan Rea.

Davies secured seven wins in total last season, and an additional 11 podiums, while team-mate Melandri notched up his first World Superbike victor⛦y since 2014 in race two at Misano on his way to fourth place in the championship.

2018 sees an unchanged line-up for Aruba.it Racing Ducati in a year which will mark the last season with the v-twin Panigale R ꧋ahead of the highly-anticipated debut of Ducati’s Panigale V4 in 2019.

The factory Ducati squad have also🐈 been getting to grips with the new World Superbike technical regulations including the maximum rev limiter which is thought to have hit the Italian team hardest out of all manufactur🥃ers.

Ducati technical chief Gigi Dall’Igna has hinted at a raft of Panigale R updates which will be debuted at the final pre-season test which will be held at Phillip Island on the 19-20^th February ahead of the circuit hosting the 2018 season opener on the 23-25^th February.

Aruba.it Racing Ducati also unveiled Michael Ruben Rinaldi at its 2018 WSBK launch who will compete for its junior team on a third bike at all the European rounds. Rinaldi secured the 2017 European Superstock 1000 championship last♈ year with the factory-supported Ducati team.