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Fonsi Nieto

The World Superbike rider Fonsi Nieto is to ride alongside Lorenzo Lanzi for the DFX Ducati team at the Brno round on the 26th July.

Nieto has taken part in three rounds of the championship this season on the Alstare Suzuki, after being drafted in as a replacement rider for the injured Max Neukirchner.  The Spaniard was lined-up to race for the team this year but was dropped after it was decided to condense the riders down to just two, Neukirchner and Yukio Kagayama.

Lanzi is riding also as a replacement rider for Regis Laconi, who suffered horrendous injuries when he crashed at the Kyalami circuit.

Nieto said;

“I am really happy about this chance to return to the Superbike World Championship with a competitive bike” declared Nieto. “I’m back on a Ducati again after four years, the last time was the in 2005 with a 999 run by Stefano Caracchi.

Imola is a very difficult track, for me what is important in the next couple of days is to regain confidence with a twin-cylinder bike so I can race at Brno with as much mileage behind me as possible. For the moment the programme doesn’t include anything else, but it’s logical that we are working to finish the season together.

For the moment the collaboration with Fonsi Nieto only includes the Imola test and the Brno race, for the future we still have to decide,” confirmed team manager Daniele Carli. “I wish to underline that the Spanish rider will flank Lorenzo Lanzi and therefore my team will be present in the Czech Republic with two riders. We want to keep the high standard for our group and we are sure that with two riders of this calibre the DFX Corse team will again be able to obtain the results it deserves.”

This week Nieto has been testing in the official three-day test taking place at Imola where he was the eighth fastest rider in this morning’s session.