Marchbanks
Re-Signs With Pro
Circuit Kawasaki
G
arrett Marchbanks signed a one-year
extension with his current Monster
Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki team. The
Utah native scored his first Pro Moto
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cross podium this summer and finished
the year in third place overall in the
250MX division.
"I'm super pumped to be able to stay
at Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
for another year," Marchbanks said. "The
team has always been super supportive
and helpful with anything I need. I've really broken
through this year with my training and riding, and
I couldn't see myself going anywhere else. I want
to keep building on all the work we've been putting
in this past year, and I'm incredibly grateful to be
able to stay here."
"We're very excited to have Garrett on for an
-
other year and look forward to seeing him con-
tinue to grow and build with the team," said team
manager Mitch Payton. "He's really proven himself
this year and has shown he has what it takes to
be a top contender in the field. I've seen all the
hard work he has been putting in every week to get
better and stronger. This outdoor season, he has
really broken through and shown a lot of people
the capabilities we've always seen in him. He is a
very determined rider and an easy-going spirit that
we will continue to enjoy having on the team."
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Garrett Marchbanks has
re-signed with the Pro
Circuit Kawasaki team
for the 2026 season.
Lecuona Joins
Aruba.It Ducati
O
ne of the big pieces of the WorldSBK rider
puzzle has fallen into place, with Iker Lecu-
ona confirmed to be replacing Alvaro Bautista in
the factory Aruba.It Ducati squad for 2026.
The Spaniard—who joined the Moto2 ranks at
16, had two years in MotoGP in the Tech3 KTM
team and moved to Honda's factory WorldSBK
squad in 2022—will partner incumbent Nicolo
Bulega on the new Ducati Panigale V4 R.
Bautista will thus move to the Barni Racing
Ducati team in place of Danilo Petrucci, who will take Toprak Razgatlioglu's place in
the factory RoKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK team.
Lecuona's move to the factory Ducati team thus clears the way for current Moto2
star Jake Dixon's long-rumored switch back to production-derived racing in the factory
Honda team, the Brit having cut his teeth in the British Superbike Championship before
moving to Moto2 in 2017, with official confirmation from HRC expected soon.
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Iker Lecuona will
take over from
Alvaro Bautista
to partner Nicolo
Bulega in the factory
Aruba.It Ducati
WorldSBK in 2026.