With Ducati formally out of World Superbikes with their factory team, Czech based Liberty Racing, who will debut next season with Jakub Smrz and Sylvain Guintoli, will be using the four 1198 F10 Ducati superbikes used by Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio in 2010.
The bike development will be followed by Ducati Corse under the supervision of former Ducati Xerox team manager Ernesto Marinelli (project leader Ducati Superbike) and Luca Ferraccioli, while Natale Egi will run the team with Francesco Mastrandrea as Sporting Director and Lorenzo Gandini on suspensions.
The team will run a private test January 12th and 13th at Gaudix circuit in Spain and will take part in the official tests at Portimao, January 26-28 and at Phillip Island, February 21-22.
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