FAI has announced that it is to continue it successful World Super Bike sponsorship deal with Team Aruba.it for the 2019 season. The FAI name will take pride-of-place for the second year running on the teams Ducati bikes, livery and signage.

This year the rider line-up will once again feature long standing member Chaz Davies who is heading in to his 6th season with the team. Having been twice runner up Chaz is aiming for top spot this season.

Chaz will be joined on the grid by former Moto GP rider’s Alvaro Bautista. The Spanish rider has been competing for over 16 years and has a great record at various levels of the sport including winning the 250cc Grand Prix in 2009.

Chaz and Alvaro will have the honour of competing on the brand new Panigale V4 R; a road legal race bike that has been tweaked in almost every conceivable way. It features a 998cc V4 engine that has been tuned to put out 221 hp at 15.250rpm.