Melandri Returns To WorldSBK
T
he 2011 WorldSBK runner-
up and 2002 250cc World
Champion Marco Melandri,
will return to action in the
2020 WorldSBK Champion-
ship, replacing Leon Camier on
the Barni Racing Team for the
remainder of the season. The
37-year-old Italian will be aboard
the Ducati Panigale V4 R. The
injured Camier and the Barni
Racing Team earlier announced
their split.
Speaking about the shock-
ing comeback, Melandri said,
"The situation was quite surreal,
in normal conditions I never
thought I'd come back, then
it seemed like fate chose me.
This long and quiet period has
regenerated me and made me
slip away [from] all the negative
things I was focusing on before.
Then one by one, almost in-
credible situations lined up: not
having had the chance to ride
the Ducati Panigale V4 R was a
regret and now the opportunity
is there, on the Barni Racing
Team's bike there are Showa
suspensions and since MotoGP
period I always have felt great
with those products." CN
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Marco Melandri
will step in for Leon
Camier with the
Barni Racing Team
in WorldSBK.
