The Isle of Man TT’s most profitable rider, Michael Dunlop, has supplied a clue about his potential 2025 Supersport race plans after testing a Ducati at Jerez this week.
Dunlop made historical past final 12 months when he matched after which surpassed his late uncle Joey Dunlop’s report of 26 TT victories.
The Ulsterman took his tally – and the brand new benchmark – to 29 by the tip of TT 2024, by which he competed with Hawk Racing within the Superbike class and underneath his personal MD Racing banner in the remaining.
Dunlop is but to announce his plans for the 2025 street racing season.
Nonetheless, he supplied a clue as to what bikes he might be using within the Supersport class on the roads this 12 months.
On this week’s World Superbike take a look at at Jerez, Dunlop was noticed on observe using an Aruba.it-prepared Ducati Panigale V2.
Davey Todd, final 12 months’s Senior TT winner, introduced the V2 to the Isle of Man in 2024 within the Supersport class and rode it to 2 podiums.
A kind of V2s was mentioned to have been constructed by the Aruba.it workforce, who has gained the final two World Supersport crowns with the bike.
Dunlop had been on account of experience for Paul Chook Motorsport on Ducati equipment within the large bike races on the TT in 2022, however that deal fell via on the eleventh hour.
Through the Jerez take a look at, Dunlop was clocked at doing a 1m48.444s, which was slightly below six seconds off the World Supersport pole lap from final 12 months.
Dunlop has loved a busy winter, incomes an invitation to Valentino Rossi’s ranch in Tavullia to participate within the 100Km of Champions occasion.
He was partnered with final 12 months’s MotoGP rookie sensation Pedro Acosta, who’s a self-confessed Dunlop tremendous fan.
The pair completed final within the 100Km contest.
Through the FIM Awards gala in Liverpool on the finish of 2023, Acosta revealed that he privately messaged Dunlop on social media about swapping helmets – however was blanked by the TT star.
