Monaco’s Eugene Laverty has been confirmed as remaining with the Aspar MotoGP team as they switch to Ducati power for the 2016 season.

Laverty will partner Yonny Hernandez in the squad on a brace of Desmosedici GP14.2 machines each as team boss Jorge Martinez goes back to the Bologna factory.

“Our first two years in MotoGP, 2010 and 2011, were quite positive alongside Ducati. That was before the arrival of the CRT bikes, where we enjoyed lots of success. Throughout our time so far in MotoGP we have worked with Ducati, Aprilia and Honda. Now we return to Ducati, and without a doubt I am expecting we will have competitive bikes and great riders capable of scoring the kinds of results we deserve, which is inside the top ten,” said Martinez.

“Ducati have made big changes in recent times, in particular in their racing department in the hands of Gigi Dall’Igna. He’s someone we have had an excellent relationship with for 20 years now. I have complete faith in his abilities, and that is definitely one of the reasons we have decided to work with Ducati once more in the future.”